TomoshiTomoshi

動機|どうきdouki[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounmotive; incentive
    あの人ひとの動機どうきが信用しんようできなかった。↗
    I was distrustful of his motives.
  2. nounmotif
Japanese definitions
  1. 人ひとが考かんがえや行動こうどうを始はじめるようになった意識的いしきてきまたは無意識的むいしきてきな原因げんいん。
Kanji in this word
動機
English equivalents
motiveincentivemotif

JLPT vocabulary levels are community estimates, not official (no official lists have been published since the 2010 revision).

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