動機
N1どうき douki
- motive
- incentive
noun
Chinese meanings
动机
Examples
- あの人の動機が信用できなかった。I was distrustful of his motives.我无法相信那个人的动机。
- 殺害の動機は明らかではない。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"
}
}