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動機 (どうき): motive, incentive — Japanese vocabulary

動機 is read どうき and means "motive, incentive". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

動機

Reading
どうき · douki
Translation
motive, incentive
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
どうきが

Example

あの人の動機が信用できなかった。

あのひとのどうきがしんようできなかった。

I was distrustful of his motives.

Kanji in this word

  • 動 — move, motion
  • 機 — machine, opportunity

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