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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

〜を機に

N1
〜をきに o ki ni

taking the opportunity of; with (an event) as a turning point

Formation

Noun + を機に / Verb-plain + の + を機に

Chinese meanings

以……为契机

Chinese formation

名词+を機に;动词普通形+のを機に

Chinese usage

表示以某件重要事件为转折点。

Chinese notes

比をきっかけに更正式。

Examples

  • 還かん暦れきを機きに、父ちちは長なが年ねん勤つとめた会かい社しゃを退たい職しょくした。
    On turning sixty, my father retired from the company he had worked at for decades.
    父亲以六十岁为契机,从工作多年的公司退休。
  • 子こどもが生うまれたのを機きに、郊こう外がいの一いっ戸こ建だてに引ひっ越こした。
    When our child was born, we took the opportunity to move to a house in the suburbs.
    孩子出生后,我们搬到了郊区的独栋房屋。
  • 今こん回かいの事じ故こを機きに、社しゃ内ないの安あん全ぜん管かん理り体たい制せいが全ぜん面めん的てきに見み直なおされた。
    Prompted by this accident, the company's safety management system was completely overhauled.
    以这次事故为契机,公司全面重新审视安全管理体制。

Notes

More formal than 〜をきっかけに (N2), usually for a significant turning point. Also 〜を機として.

#time#change#formal

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import { getGrammarById } from 'kotowa';
getGrammarById('o-ki-ni');
{
  "id": "o-ki-ni",
  "pattern": "〜を機に",
  "reading": "〜をきに",
  "romaji": "o ki ni",
  "level": "N1",
  "meaning": "taking the opportunity of; with (an event) as a turning point",
  "formation": "Noun + を機に / Verb-plain + の + を機に",
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "還暦を機に、父は長年勤めた会社を退職した。",
      "furigana": "{還暦|かんれき}を{機|き}に、{父|ちち}は{長年|ながねん}{勤|つと}めた{会社|かいしゃ}を{退職|たいしょく}した。",
      "en": "On turning sixty, my father retired from the company he had worked at for decades."
    },
    {
      "ja": "子どもが生まれたのを機に、郊外の一戸建てに引っ越した。",
      "furigana": "{子|こ}どもが{生|う}まれたのを{機|き}に、{郊外|こうがい}の{一戸建|いっこだ}てに{引|ひ}っ{越|こ}した。",
      "en": "When our child was born, we took the opportunity to move to a house in the suburbs."
    },
    {
      "ja": "今回の事故を機に、社内の安全管理体制が全面的に見直された。",
      "furigana": "{今回|こんかい}の{事故|じこ}を{機|き}に、{社内|しゃない}の{安全|あんぜん}{管理|かんり}{体制|たいせい}が{全面|ぜんめん}{的|てき}に{見直|みなお}された。",
      "en": "Prompted by this accident, the company's safety management system was completely overhauled."
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "time",
    "change",
    "formal"
  ],
  "notes": "More formal than 〜をきっかけに (N2), usually for a significant turning point. Also 〜を機として.",
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "79877de2049421f4437fd3e6a4882df7af763eea39892cb8d8cbabc421f0cb01",
    "meanings": [
      "以……为契机"
    ],
    "formation": "名词+を機に;动词普通形+のを機に",
    "explanation": "表示以某件重要事件为转折点。",
    "notes": "比をきっかけに更正式。",
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "還暦を機に、父は長年勤めた会社を退職した。",
        "zh": "父亲以六十岁为契机,从工作多年的公司退休。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "子どもが生まれたのを機に、郊外の一戸建てに引っ越した。",
        "zh": "孩子出生后,我们搬到了郊区的独栋房屋。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "今回の事故を機に、社内の安全管理体制が全面的に見直された。",
        "zh": "以这次事故为契机,公司全面重新审视安全管理体制。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "sources/grammar/n1.json#o-ki-ni",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "54044bd00ab2cd81c86e8f80cd8c670000d10df97c99d7321bd4809d0ee12ae0"
  }
}