ドウキ – Vocabulary details

ドウキ

Meanings

Noun

1. motive; incentive

これが彼かの女じょの動どう機きです。This is her motive.

2. motif

Alt. forms

動どう機き

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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 (10 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

motor function

Examples (19 in total)

これが彼かの女じょのどうきドウキです。

This is her motive.

しかし、どうきドウキがわからなかったんです。

However, I didn't understand the motive.

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.