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機会

きかい

chance, opportunity, occasion

Mnemonic

The moment the parts line up and the right people happen to be in the room together. A key き, and Kai かい in the doorway. There have been a great many of those lately: きかい.

Worth knowing

場 ば on its own is the occasion rather than the chance to act on it.

Built from

machine, opportunity
木 a tree on the left, cut into a frame with moving parts. It carries the machine and the moment things line up.
meet
A roof with people gathering in underneath it.

Words sharing these kanji

to meet conversation to meet (by chance), to come across

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