JLPT N1Kanji compounds
契機
Readingけいきkeiki
- Meaning
- 物事が起こったり変わったりするきっかけ
- Explanation
- "契機（けいき）" expresses the trigger or motive by which something occurs or changes, used as in "失敗を契機に見直す (review things with failure as a trigger)." c4 is an error drawn from the look of the characters in "契約 (contract)"; 契機 has nothing to do with contracts. Unlike c1 "結果 (result)," it points to the starting side.
- Examples
- 失敗を契機に見直す
Original Japanese explanation
「契機（けいき）」は物事が起こったり変化したりするきっかけ・動機を表し、「失敗を契機に見直す」のように使う。c4は「契約」の字面に引きずられた誤りで、契機は契約とは無関係。c1の「結果」とは逆に、始まりの側を指す語である。
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