契機

Reading

Kana: けいき

Romaji: keiki

Definition

noun

1

opportunity; chance

Kanji

契

Readings: ケイ、 ちぎ.る

Meanings: pledge, promise, vow

機

Readings: キ、 はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

Example Sentences

退職(たいしょく)を契機(けいき)に茶道(さどう)を始(はじ)めた。

➥I took the opportunity of retirement to begin studying tea ceremony.

株価(かぶか)上昇(じょうしょう)を契機(けいき)に新(しん)工場(こうじょう)建設(けんせつ)の話(はなし)が持(も)ち上(あ)がった。

➥They took advantage of the stock price increase to raise the idea of building a new factory.