N21686/1725

切きっ掛かけ

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

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きっかけ

Meanings

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

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Example sentences

この映画えいがが彼女かのじょと話はなすきっかけになった。

This movie became the opportunity for me to talk with her.

留学りゅうがくのきっかけは何なんだったのですか。

What was the impetus for you to study abroad?

ちょっとしたきっかけで人生じんせいが大おおきく変かわることもある。

A small occasion can sometimes greatly change one's life.

彼かれが転職てんしょくを決意けついしたきっかけは、上司じょうしとの衝突しょうとつだったと聞きいた。

I heard that the motive behind his decision to change jobs was a clash with his supervisor.

この出来事できごとをきっかけとして、社会しゃかい全体ぜんたいが環境かんきょう問題もんだいに対たいする意識いしきを改あらためるべきだと考かんがえられるようになった。

Using this event as a cue, it has come to be thought that society as a whole should reconsider its awareness of environmental issues.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)