目
Meanings
Noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision
3. look; stare; gaze; glance
4. notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.)
5. an experience
6. viewpoint
7. discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality)
8. (an) appearance
9. chance (of success); possibility (of a good result)
10. spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave
11. grain (of wood, paper)
12. eye (of a storm, needle, etc.)
13. intersection (on a go board); square (on a chessboard)
14. dot (on a dice); pip; rolled number
15. graduation; division (of a scale)
16. tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
Suffix
17. ordinal number suffix
18. somewhat; -ish (Usually kana, after adjective stem)
19. point (e.g. of change) (after -masu stem of verb)
Other spellings
眼め
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
め
Used in vocabulary
控えめ
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key; conservative (estimate); self-effacing; unassuming
Na-adjective
Examples380
ヘレン・ ケラー は 目 と 耳 と 口 が 不自由 だった。
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.
2つ 目 の 角 を 右 に 曲がり なさい。
Turn right at the second corner.
彼女 は きれいな 目 を している。
She has beautiful eyes.
彼 は 崇拝 の 眼 で 彼女 を 眺めた。
He regarded her with worship in his eyes.
彼女 は 私の 目 を 見た。
She looked me in the eye.
私 は この 目 で 事故 の 全て を 見た。
I saw the whole accident with my own eyes.