Meaning
契機 (けいき, keiki) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “opportunity, chance”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 4
退職を 契機に 茶道を 始めた。
I took the opportunity of retirement to begin studying tea ceremony.
第四次川中島合戦を契機に信濃侵攻は一段落した。
After the fourth battle of Kawanakajima occurred, the battle was tentatively put to an end.
その一方で、一部の大地主や財閥は資本を蓄積し、その中から初期資本家が現れる契機となった。
On the other hand, some large landowners and Zaibatsu accumulated capital, taking the opportunity to become primitive stage capitalists.
その性急な挙兵は少弐氏や大友氏の支持を得られず、自滅する結果となるが、武時の探題襲撃計画は九州における討幕運動の契機となった。
The rapid raising of an army could not get support of the Shoni clan and the Otomo clan, which resulted in his self-destruction, however, Taketoki's plan to attack the tandai triggered the anti-shogunate movement in Kyushu.