きっかけ (kikkake)

chance, start, cue, excuse, motive, impetus, occasion

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

切っ掛け (きっかけ, kikkake) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “chance, start, cue, excuse, motive, impetus, occasion”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 9

大学だいがくかようのが 上京じょうきょうのきっかけでした。

I took the opportunity to move to Tokyo when I went to college there.

これを切っ掛けとして出家を決意。

This made him decide to become a priest.

それを切っ掛けに 2月8日に仕事を辞め宗教の道ひとすじに立つ。

This made him decide to quit his job on February 8 and start devoting himself to the field of religion.

また、日本に五輪塔が普及する切っ掛けとなった五輪九字明秘密釈の著者でもある。

He is also the author of Gorinkujimyohimitsushaku, which triggered prevalence of gorinto (a gravestone composed of five pieces piled up one upon another) in Japan.