彼の発言がきっかけで事態が動いた

N5 彼 kare he N1 発言 hatsugen utterance, speech, proposal N2 きっかけ kikkake prompt, trigger, cue N4 事 koto thing, matter, fact, event

N3 彼 hi / kare, kano, ka.no he, that, the N4 発 hatsu, hotsu / ta.tsu, aba.ku, oko.ru, tsuka.wasu, hana.tsu departure, discharge, publish N4 言 gen, gon / i.u, koto say, word, dire N4 事 ji, zu / koto, tsuka.u, tsuka.eru matter, thing, fact N1 態 tai / waza.to attitude, condition, figure N4 動 dou / ugo.ku, ugo.kasu move, motion, change

N5 〜が ga Marks the grammatical subject, highlights new information, can also show slight contrast in some sentences N5 〜で de Indicates where an action happens, means used, tool, cause, or material depending on context N5 〜の no Indicates possession, relation between nouns, nominal explanation, or turns a verb into a noun phrase N5 〜か ka Marks a question, alternative, or uncertainty, appears at the sentence end or between options