文法: Grammar a Day - Level 2 [ をけいきに (okeikini) ]

をけいきに (okeikini) - on the opportunity of

--- Notes ---
See [simultaneous-actions-group] for explanations and similar grammar

--- Examples ---
大統領が中国に行ったのを契機に万里の長城を訪問しておりました。
When the president visited China, he took the chance to visit the Great
Wall.

オンデマンドを契機にダンボールから印刷までサービス.
Taking advantage of on demand [production techniques, we do] a service for
everything from cardboard boxes to printing.

--- Comments ---
を契機に is very formal. also see ついでに - much more common in
real speech (contributor: dc)

You are entirely correct. BTW, 中国に 行ったの を景気に should
be corrected to read: 中国に 行ったの を契機に. Japanese is
cursed with too many homonyms and heavily reliant on kanji, as you know.
However, Japanese also benefits from it. What other language would have
such simple and effective device to identify intercalary months as
西向く武士(にしむくさむらい)?
(contributor: bamboo4)

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