動機

Reading

Kana: どうき
Romaji: douki
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

motive; incentive

2

motif

Kanji

Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

Example Sentences

(かれ)殺人(さつじん)動機(どうき)(なに)だ。
➥What's his motive for committing murder?
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殺害(さつがい)動機(どうき)(あき)らかではない。
➥The motive for the murder is not yet known.
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あの(ひと)動機(どうき)信用(しんよう)できなかった。
➥I was distrustful of his motives.
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(わたし)(かれ)動機(どうき)(うたが)った。
➥I impeached his motives.
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嫉妬(しっと)がその殺人(さつじん)動機(どうき)だった。
➥Jealousy was the motive for the murder.
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(いま)では(かれ)らの動機(どうき)をよりよく理解(りかい)できる。
➥Now we are better able to understand their motive.
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