を契機に【をけいきに】

prompted by, as a turning point, taking the opportunity of, triggered by, since

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Structure

[noun] + を契機に、[sentence] [noun] + を契機にして、[sentence] [noun] + を契機として、[sentence] [verb (plain)] + の / こと + を契機に、[sentence]

Description

を契機に goes after a noun for an event and makes it the turning point for what follows: "prompted by", "since". The event is a weighty one – an illness, a disaster, a marriage, a law – and the second half is a lasting change. A verb clause takes の or こと first. It is formal and mostly written.

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My father's illness got me thinking seriously about my health.

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That accident led to much stricter safety standards.

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The earthquake got me started doing volunteer work.

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When my child was born, I took a hard look at how I lived.

The change can be one somebody decided or one that simply happened in society: nobody chose for remote work to spread.

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The coronavirus pandemic made remote work widespread.

を契機に, をきっかけに and を機に

All three mark a turning point. をきっかけに is the everyday one and takes small events as readily as big ones. をき機に treats the event as an occasion someone chose for a change. を契機に is the most formal and the one for history, policy and society.

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I took up tennis because a friend invited me.

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I moved to Tokyo when I changed jobs.

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After the war ended, relations between the two countries began to improve.

を契機にして and を契機として mean the same as を契機に; として sounds the most formal.

Examples

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My father's illness prompted me to start thinking seriously about health.

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I moved from Tokyo to Osaka when I changed jobs.

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The hosting of the Olympics spurred the redevelopment of the city.

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That encounter became a turning point that greatly changed her life.

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The spread of the coronavirus led to the widespread adoption of remote work.

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The bankruptcy of the company prompted me to decide to start my own business.

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The birth of my child was the catalyst for me to re-examine my lifestyle habits.

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That accident led to a significant strengthening of safety standards.

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Taking retirement as the opportunity, I set off on the world trip I had dreamed of for years.

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I started living on my own when I entered university.

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The end of the war prompted an improvement in relations between the two countries.

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The earthquake disaster led me to start participating in volunteer activities.

References

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