をきっかけ・をきっかけ - Grammar Discussion

lead to
because of
as a start/trigger of
an opportunity

Structure

  • Verb + の/こと + をきっかけ + に/にして/として
  • Noun + をきっかけ + に/にして/として
  • Verb + の/こと + がきっかけ + で/になって/となって
  • Noun + がきっかけ + に/にして/として
  • Verb + きっかけ + を/は*/になる/となる/copula

[Used to express a trigger that leads to something changing or beginning]
[The triggered change is often significant or dramatic]

[*If きかっけ is directly modified by a verb it is usually used with はなんですか]

[会ったきかっけ trigger of (our) meeting・会ったことをきかっけに with (our) meeting as a trigger]

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Since it can attach to nouns with both が and を, what’s the difference between the two? Some answers only accept one or the other

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I think the legend is wrong; it should show the same difference as it shows for verbs.

The difference is just grammatical. With を you’re taking something as the きっかけ; with が you’re saying that something is the きっかけ. Like any other noun.

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@Litharrale
@nekoyama is right, there was an error in the structure section it should be like this (fixed, thank you for the feedback!):

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