JLPT N2 grammar

〜を契機meaning and usage

Meaning

As a good opportunity A, (do) B

How to form it

  • nounを契機に/を契機として
  • verb (plain form)のを契機に
  • nounが契機となって

How it is used

Means the same as 「〜をきっかけに」, A prompting a start or change, but is more formal and written; it often describes important turning points in society, history or a career.

Examples

  1. この仕事を辞めるのを契機に海外へ留学することにした。

    I decided to take quitting this job as an opportunity to study abroad.

  2. 駅ができたのを契機に、この町の人口は増え始めた。

    With the opening of the station, the town's population began to grow.

  3. 入社十年を契機として、働き方を見直した。

    Marking ten years at the company, I took the chance to rethink how I work.