どうき – Vocabulary details

どうき

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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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 (10 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

motor function

Examples (19 in total)

これが彼かの女じょのどうきです。

This is her motive.

しかし、どうき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だった。

Jealousy was the motive for the murder.