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動どう機き

N1
どうき douki
  1. motive
  2. incentive
noun

Chinese meanings

动机

Examples

  • あの人ひとの動どう機きが信しん用ようできなかった。
    I was distrustful of his motives.
    我无法相信那个人的动机。
  • 殺さつ害がいの動どう機きは明あきらかではない。
    The motive for the murder is not yet known.
    杀人动机尚不明确。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('dd3bb2afb6'); // 動機
{
  "id": "dd3bb2afb6",
  "word": "動機",
  "reading": "どうき",
  "romaji": "douki",
  "meanings": [
    "motive",
    "incentive"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1451310,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あの人の動機が信用できなかった。",
      "furigana": "あの{人|ひと}の{動機|どうき}が{信用|しんよう}できなかった。",
      "en": "I was distrustful of his motives.",
      "tatoeba_id": 230753
    },
    {
      "ja": "殺害の動機は明らかではない。",
      "furigana": "{殺害|さつがい}の{動機|どうき}は{明|あき}らかではない。",
      "en": "The motive for the murder is not yet known.",
      "tatoeba_id": 169551
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "752a581a82e17faade0bb8513c17d3ee24137cc73192c7b5735d2fb32e9962e3",
    "meanings": [
      "动机"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あの人の動機が信用できなかった。",
        "zh": "我无法相信那个人的动机。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "殺害の動機は明らかではない。",
        "zh": "杀人动机尚不明确。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/dd3bb2afb6",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1451310; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "66aff776ad17b967a83b338ca45d54550f1cca4e766aa283425a6e6d26571785"
  }
}