ドウキ – Vocabulary details

ドウキ

Meanings

Noun

1. motive; incentive

2. motif

Alt. forms

動どう機き

100%

ドウキ

Pitch accent

ド

ウキ

Composed of

ドウ

motion

キ

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

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

シボウドウキ

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

engine

motivation

motor

defibrillator

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ドウキだった。

Jealousy was the motive for the murder.

殺さつ害がいのどうきドウキ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ドウキは何なんだったのだろう。

What was his motive for doing it?