機会 (きかい, kikai) Japanese meaning: opportunity | Kotomora都
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If I have a chance to go to Japan, I'd love to visit Kyoto.
He missed that opportunity.
Usage patterns
〈人〉に機会を与えるto give someone an opportunity
My senior gave the new employee a chance to speak.
機会を作るto create/make an opportunity
Even when I'm busy, I try to make opportunities to talk with my family.
機会に恵まれるto be blessed with an opportunity
I was fortunate to have the chance to study abroad, and I learned a lot.
この機会に〈動詞〉to take this opportunity to do something
I'd like to take this opportunity to think about my career.
〈事〉する機会がないto have no chance to do something
I never had the chance to speak with him directly.
機会があればif the opportunity arises
If the chance comes up, I'd like to travel together again.
Expressions
機会を取るtake the opportunity; seize the chance 機会をうかがうwait for one's chance; wait for an opportunity
機会 is the ordinary word for an opportunity, while 瀬 in this sense survives only in literary or fixed expressions like 逢う瀬.
機会 is a general word for any opportunity, whereas 出番 specifically means the moment when someone gets to show their ability or play their part.
機会 is the common, everyday word for an opportunity or occasion, whereas 機運 is a narrower, more literary term for favorable timing.
機会 is the everyday, general word for 'opportunity/occasion', while 時機 specifically emphasizes the correct timing for action.
機会 is the common modern word for an opportunity, while 便 is a formal, somewhat old-fashioned term for an occasion, as in 便がある.
機会 means a general chance or opportunity to do something, while きっかけ specifically points to the event that sets a change in motion.
機会 is the common, everyday word for a chance or opportunity, while 期 in this sense survives mainly in fixed phrases like 期を待つ.
機会 is the common word for a chance or opportunity, while 時節 suggests a more natural or seasonally-tied sense of the right timing.
ロス
opportunity loss; missed opportunity
