を契機に (o keiki ni)

Meaning

  1. taking opportunity of
  2. taking something as an advantage

All JLPT 2 grammar : を契機に(をけいきに, o keiki ni), taking opportunity of; taking something as an advantage, [Noun]

Example

日本語意味
株価上昇を契機に新工場建設の話が持ち上がった。They took advantage of the stock price increase to raise the idea of building a new factory.
退職を契機に茶道を始めた。I took the opportunity of retirement to begin studying the tea ceremony.
テストの不合格を契機に、もっと日本語を勉強しようと決めた。Taking advantage of my failure at the test, I decided to study Japanese more.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
上昇joushourising; ascending; climbing
契機keikiopportunity; chance; trigger; cause
baplace, spot, scene
kabustock, share
建設kensetsuconstruction
工場koujoufactory, plant, mill
hanashitalk, speech, chat
退職taishokuretirement; resignation
始めhajimebeginning, start
michiroad, street, way

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
ジョウ,ショウ,シャンうえ, -うえ, うわ-above, up
はな.す, はなしtale, talk
ジョウ,チョウlocation, place
も.つ, -も.ち, も.てるhold, have
ケン,コンた.てる, た.て, -だ.てbuild
コウ,ク,グcraft, construction
シンあたら.しい, あら.た, あら-new
はたmechanism, machine
チャ,サtea
ドウ,トウみち, いうroad-way, course
はじ.める, -はじ.める, はじ.まるbegin, commence
ショク,ソクpost, employment
退タイしりぞ.く, しりぞ.ける, ひ.くretreat, withdraw, retire

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