GRAMMAR DETAIL
〜をきっかけに
Indicates that an event or experience becomes the occasion for a new action or change.
Examples
留学をきっかけに、異文化への関心が深まった。
Studying abroad sparked a deeper interest in other cultures.
Words used
転職をきっかけに、生活のリズムを見直した。
Changing jobs prompted me to reconsider my daily routine.
Words used
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: After an event or experience,
をきっかけにidentifies it as the starting impetus for a new action or change. - Basic usage:
転職をきっかけに、生活のリズムを見直した。presents changing jobs as the occasion for reconsidering the daily routine.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Presenting an action as the occasion
転職をきっかけにconnects directly to an event noun. To use a verbal event, nominalize it withこと, as in友人に会ったことをきっかけに.
- Unlike merely occurring afterward
卒業後に引っ越したplaces moving after graduation in time.卒業をきっかけに引っ越したconnects graduation to the impetus for moving.