Meaning
きっかけ (kikkake) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “chance,start,cue,excuse”.
Example sentences 9
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.
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.
この事が切っ掛けで、脆弱な立場の留守職に、限界を感じ「大谷廟堂」の寺院化を考えるようになる。
Triggered by the above incident, he realized the limitation in the weak position of Rusushiki and started to think of the conversion of 'Otani Byodo Mausoleum' into a temple.
また江戸時代以降は右手に嵌めるゆがけの構造が大きく変化し、これも日本独特の構造、独特の技術を生む切っ掛けとなった。
In addition, after the Edo Period the form of Yugake leather glove worn on the right hand had largely changed, which also stimulated a particular form and technique in Japan.
竿の端にそれぞれ上下作動用綱と開閉作動用綱を取り付け滑車を経由して竿3を動かす切っ掛けの作動をする円盤と連結させる。
A rope for up-and-down operations and a rope for opening and closing operations are attached to the ends of the poles and connected to a disk making trigger operations to move the poles 3 through pulleys.
携帯電話、PHS、ポケットベル等の個人用の移動体通信等において、気安く、多くの人とコミュニケーションができる切っ掛けを提供する。
To provide an opportunity to communicate easily with many people in personal mobile communications such as mobile phones, PHS, pagers, and the like.
伝えるところによると、ある雪の日、清親が向島から隅田川沿岸の雪景色をスケッチをしていると、安治はそれを二時間余りも見守り続け、その余りの熱心さに清親が話しかけ、これが入門の切っ掛けになったという。
According to tradition, on a snowy day, when Kiyochika was sketching the snowscape along the Sumida River from Mukojima, Yasuji watched him for over two hours, and Kiyochika, impressed by his enthusiasm, spoke to him, which led Yasuji to become his pupil.