Kanji1 / 5
目 kanji
eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
モクボク
Kun readings
め-めま-
Words with 目
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —臨機目標target of opportunity
- —岡目八目bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation; onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see eight moves further ahead
- —一目置くto take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
- —五目並べgobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row
- —合目的性appropriateness for a purpose; fitness for a purpose; finality
- —分類目録classified catalog; classified catalogue
- —図書目録book catalogue; book catalog; card catalogue; card catalog
- —眉目秀麗handsome
- —財産目録inventory of property
- —名目賃金nominal wages
- —目的意識sense of purpose
- —研究題目subject for study (inquiry, enquiry); laboratory subject
- —試験科目subjects for (of) examination; exam subject
- —受験科目subjects of the examination
- —専門科目special (specialized, specialised) subject
- —げっ歯目Rodentia (order comprising the rodents)
- —生産目標production target
- —飛耳長目sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge
- —面目一新undergoing a complete change in appearance; changing something out of all recognition; a rise in one's reputation
- —面目躍如demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; characteristically masterful; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour; doing one credit