目

め

Also written 眼

Meanings

  1. Noun eye; eyeball
  2. eyesight; sight; vision See also: 目が見える (めがみえる).
  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) See also: 目がない (めがない).
  10. spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave See also: 編み目 (あみめ).
  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.)
  17. Suffix ordinal number suffix
  18. somewhat; -ish (after adjective stem) See also: 大きめ (おおきめ).
  19. point (e.g. of change) (after -masu stem of verb) See also: 変わり目 (かわりめ). See also: 折れ目 (おれめ).
  20. Noun eye (empty space inside a group of stones)

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