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JLPT N5 · Noun

目 (me)

目 (め, me) is a Japanese noun meaning “eye; eyeball”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
め
Romaji
me
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. eye; eyeball · noun
  2. eyesight; sight; vision · noun
  3. look; stare; gaze; glance · noun
  4. notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.) · noun
  5. an experience · noun

Example sentences

彼女はきれいな目をしている。
She has beautiful eyes.
Tatoeba #92969
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 mute.
Tatoeba #196676
彼は崇拝の眼で彼女を眺めた。
He regarded her with worship in his eyes.
Tatoeba #103471

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 目

目
eye, class, lookモク・ボク・め・-め · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 目.

真面目まじめserious科目かもく(school) subject目上めうえsuperior目的もくてきpurpose目標もくひょうgoal注目ちゅうもくnoticeお目に掛かるおめにかかるto meet (someone of higher status)丁目ちょうめnth district of a town番目ばんめthe nth ...項目こうもくitem目下めしたsubordinate目印めじるしmark (for quick identification or recognition)目安めやすcriterion目次もくじtable of contents

Source: JMdict entry 1604890 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.