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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

契けい機き

keiki

opportunity, chance

Example sentences

  1. 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 the tea ceremony.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 株価上昇かぶかじょうしょうを契機けいきに新工場建設しんこうじょう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.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. これは幕府権力ばくふけんりょくが全国的ぜんこくてきに展開てんかいする一ひとつの契機けいきとなる。

    This was to be an opportunity for the power of bakufu to expand nationwide.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 契機

  • 契pledge; promiseOnケイKunちぎる
  • 機loom; mechanismOnキKunはた

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