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 the tea ceremony.
第四次川中島合戦を契機に信濃侵攻は一段落した。
With the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima as a turning point, the invasion of Shinano came to a pause.
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.