Meaning
きっかけ (kikkake) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “chance,start,cue,excuse”.
Example sentences 12
大学に 通うのが 上京のきっかけでした。
I took the opportunity to move to Tokyo when I went to college there.
日本に来たきっかけは?
What made you come to Japan?
日本に来たきっかけはなんですか?
What was your reason for coming to Japan? // What made you come to Japan?
サッカーを始めたきっかけはなんですか?
Why did you start playing soccer? // What made you start playing soccer?
彼女に話しかけるきっかけを探している。
I'm looking for a reason to go up and talk to her.
食中毒がきっかけで、唐揚げが嫌いになった。
Getting food poisoning made me hate fried chicken.
会話のきっかけをつくるために、わざと怪我をした。
I hurt myself on purposes so that I would have a reason to talk to her.
家を出るきっかけがなくて、今でも両親と住んでいる。
I have no reason for moving out, so I'm still living with my parents.
この「きっかけ」という言葉ですが、「きる」と「かける」の合成語で、「きる」は「~きる(例:やりきる)」と動作の終わりを表す言葉。「かける」は「~かける(例:食べかける)」のように動作の最初を表す言葉。つまり、一つのことが終わり、新たに次のことが始まることを指しています。
So this word "kikkake" is a combination of the words "kiru" and "kakeru," and "kiru" is used as a suffix, like in the word "yarikiru (=to do completely)," to show that an action is ending. "Kakeru" is used as a suffix in words like "tabekakeru (=to be abo
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.