Illustration: In a family kitchen, a child energetically wipes the last stretch of a dining table while glancing toward a small pudding waiting on a saucer. A parent stands beside the pudding holding a dessert spoon, watching the cleaning with an approving smile.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

動どう機き

douki

motive, incentive

Example sentences

  1. あの人ひとの動機どうきが信用しんようできなかった。

    I was distrustful of his motives.

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  2. 彼かれの殺人さつじんの動機どうきは何なにだ。

    What’s his motive for committing murder?

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  3. 嫉妬しっとがその殺人さつじんの動機どうきだった。

    Jealousy was the motive for the murder.

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Kanji in 動機

  • 動move; motionOnドウKunうごく・うごかす
  • 機loom; mechanismOnキKunはた

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