どうき – Vocabulary details

どうき

Meanings

Noun

1. motive; incentive

2. motif

Alt. forms

動どう機き

100%

どうき

Pitch accent

ど

うき

Composed of

どう

motion

き

chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

じょさいどうき

defibrillator

はつどうき

engine

しぼうどうき

reason for (one's) application (esp. to a company)

motivation

motor

brake

automatic function

clutch (mechanism)

economic motive

Examples (12 in total)

嫉しっ妬とがその殺さつ人じんのどうきだった。

Jealousy was the motive for the murder.

殺さつ害がいのどうきは明あきらかではない。

The motive for the murder is not yet known.

彼かれはそれをしたどうきは何なんだったのだろう。

What was his motive for doing it?