What may be the difference between the usage of チャンス and 機会 ?


What may be the difference between the usage of チャンス and 機会 ?

For example:

1) これは機会だぜ！

2) これはチャンスだぜ！




Do really people say "これは機会だぜ！"? I doubt it…

While you do say "これはチャンスだ" to mean "it's now or never", "just do it!", "go
for it!" and other once-in-a-life-time opportunities, I think that "機会" is a
much more usual opportunity, less outstanding situations. You would use 機会 to
say "Since everyone is here, this is the opportunity to discuss the
frobnication of frobnickers", or "I had the opportunity to meet her mother at
the local supermarket." Nothing to write home about, just a simple description
of the situation.

Also, by チャンス being a word of foreign roots, and 機会 a compound word, it is
likely that the former is more colloquial than the latter. I also wonder
whether 機会 isn't, statistically speaking, used to refer about an event in the
past, while チャンス would be used to talk about some opportunity still to take.

(If you say "これはアタックチャンスだ！" do not forget to clench your fist and wave it
doing circular motions in front of you)




Do really people say "これは機会だぜ！"? I doubt it…

While you do say "これはチャンスだ" to mean "it's now or never", "just do it!", "go
for it!" and other once-in-a-life-time opportunities, I think that "機会" is a
much more usual opportunity, less outstanding situations. You would use 機会 to
say "Since everyone is here, this is the opportunity to discuss the
frobnication of frobnickers", or "I had the opportunity to meet her mother at
the local supermarket." Nothing to write home about, just a simple description
of the situation.

Also, by チャンス being a word of foreign roots, and 機会 a compound word, it is
likely that the former is more colloquial than the latter. I also wonder
whether 機会 isn't, statistically speaking, used to refer about an event in the
past, while チャンス would be used to talk about some opportunity still to take.

(If you say "これはアタックチャンスだ！" do not forget to clench your fist and wave it
doing circular motions in front of you)

