動機 (どうき): meaning and examples
Key takeaways
動機 (どうき) means motive / reason / incentive.
See example sentences below.
Japanese word 動機: motive / reason / incentive. Meanings and example sentences.
動機 (どうき) means motive / reason / incentive.
See example sentences below.
motive / reason / incentive
彼の動機は何ですか?
Translation
What is his motive?
動機がわからなくて困った。
Translation
I was troubled because I didn't understand the motive.
Kanji 機: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Kanji 機: meanings, readings, and example words.
動 Meaning, Reading, and Vocabulary
Onyomi ドウ, Kunyomi うご.く
Learn the meaning, structure, onyomi, kunyomi, and common vocabulary of the kanji 動 (to move), complete with example sentences.