Meaning
- taking opportunity of
- taking something as an advantage
All JLPT 2 grammar : を契機に（をけいきに, o keiki ni）, taking opportunity of; taking something as an advantage, [Noun]
Example
| 日本語 | 意味 |
|---|---|
| 株価上昇を契機に新工場建設の話が持ち上がった。 | They took advantage of the stock price increase to raise the idea of building a new factory. |
| 退職を契機に茶道を始めた。 | I took the opportunity of retirement to begin studying the tea ceremony. |
| テストの不合格を契機に、もっと日本語を勉強しようと決めた。 | Taking advantage of my failure at the test, I decided to study Japanese more. |
Vocabulary
| 日本語 | ローマ字 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| 上昇 | joushou | rising; ascending; climbing |
| 契機 | keiki | opportunity; chance; trigger; cause |
| 場 | ba | place, spot, scene |
| 株 | kabu | stock, share |
| 建設 | kensetsu | construction |
| 工場 | koujou | factory, plant, mill |
| 話 | hanashi | talk, speech, chat |
| 退職 | taishoku | retirement; resignation |
| 始め | hajime | beginning, start |
| 道 | michi | road, street, way |
Kanji
| 漢字 | おんよみ | くんよみ | 意味 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 上 | ジョウ,ショウ,シャン | うえ, -うえ, うわ- | above, up |
| 話 | ワ | はな.す, はなし | tale, talk |
| 場 | ジョウ,チョウ | ば | location, place |
| 持 | ジ | も.つ, -も.ち, も.てる | hold, have |
| 建 | ケン,コン | た.てる, た.て, -だ.て | build |
| 工 | コウ,ク,グ | craft, construction | |
| 新 | シン | あたら.しい, あら.た, あら- | new |
| 機 | キ | はた | mechanism, machine |
| 茶 | チャ,サ | tea | |
| 道 | ドウ,トウ | みち, いう | road-way, course |
| 始 | シ | はじ.める, -はじ.める, はじ.まる | begin, commence |
| 職 | ショク,ソク | post, employment | |
| 退 | タイ | しりぞ.く, しりぞ.ける, ひ.く | retreat, withdraw, retire |
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