JLPT N5 vocabulary

目meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

め1Atamadaka · high start

Meaning

  1. eye, eyeball
  2. eyesight, sight, vision
  3. look, stare, gaze, glance
  4. notice, attention, observation, the eyes of the world or public
  5. an experience
  6. viewpoint
  7. discrimination, discernment, judgment, an 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 or mesh, 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 die, pip, rolled number
  15. graduation, division (of a scale)
  16. tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
  17. (suffix) ordinal number suffix
  18. (suffix) somewhat, -ish (after an adjective stem)
  19. (suffix) point (e.g. of change) (after a verb's -masu stem)
Illustration of 目

Example sentences

  1. 一瞬いっしゅんたりとも目めを離すはなな。

    Don't take your eyes off of it even for a second.

  2. お父さんとうは見みた目めこそ怖いこわが、面白いおもしろ人ひとです。

    Although Dad has a scary appearance, he is an interesting person.

  3. 魚さかなは、 目めが開いひらているが起きおているわけではない。

    For fish, having their eyes open doesn't necessarily mean they are awake.