"めざす" meaning in Japanese

See めざす in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [me̞za̠sɨ]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|tr=trans|type=1}} めざす • (mezasu) transitive godan (stem めざし (mezashi), past めざした (mezashita)) Forms: mezasu [romanization], めざし [stem], めざした [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], めざさ [error-unrecognized-form], mezasa [error-unrecognized-form], めざし [error-unrecognized-form], mezashi [error-unrecognized-form], めざす [error-unrecognized-form], mezasu [error-unrecognized-form], めざせ [error-unrecognized-form], mezase [error-unrecognized-form], めざされる [passive], mezasareru [passive], めざさせる [causative], めざさす [causative], mezasaseru [causative], mezasasu [causative], めざせる [potential], mezaseru [potential], めざそう [volitional], mezasō [volitional], めざさない [negative], mezasanai [negative], めざさず [continuative, negative], mezasazu [continuative, negative], めざします [formal], mezashimasu [formal], めざした [perfective], mezashita [perfective], めざして [conjunctive], mezashite [conjunctive], めざせば [conditional, hypothetical], mezaseba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to aim for, be after
    Sense id: en-めざす-ja-verb-u0ODDMj~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45
  2. to head towards, go towards
    Sense id: en-めざす-ja-verb-oVo8Dz7O Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mezasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざし",
      "roman": "mezashi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざした",
      "roman": "mezashita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezashi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezashimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezashita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezashite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezaseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "めざす • (mezasu) transitive godan (stem めざし (mezashi), past めざした (mezashita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "By remembering lots of business-related compound nouns, let’s aim for a high TOEIC score!",
          "ref": "2018 February 28, “TOEIC ni deru fukugōmeishi 50 sen! [50 compound nouns that appear in TOEIC]”, in English Hacker",
          "roman": "ōku no bijinesu ni kan suru fukugōmeishi o oboete, Tōikku hai sukoa o mezashimashō!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "多",
              "おお"
            ],
            [
              "関",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "複",
              "ふく"
            ],
            [
              "合",
              "ごう"
            ],
            [
              "名",
              "めい"
            ],
            [
              "詞",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "覚",
              "おぼ"
            ],
            [
              "TOEIC",
              "トーイック"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "め"
            ],
            [
              "指",
              "ざ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "多くのビジネスに関する複合名詞を覚えて、TOEICハイスコアを目指しましょう!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to aim for, be after"
      ],
      "id": "en-めざす-ja-verb-u0ODDMj~",
      "links": [
        [
          "aim",
          "aim"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to head towards, go towards"
      ],
      "id": "en-めざす-ja-verb-oVo8Dz7O",
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "めざす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞za̠sɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "めざす"
}
{
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese type 1 verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mezasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざし",
      "roman": "mezashi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざした",
      "roman": "mezashita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezashi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezasazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezashimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezashita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezashite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めざせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mezaseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "めざす • (mezasu) transitive godan (stem めざし (mezashi), past めざした (mezashita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "By remembering lots of business-related compound nouns, let’s aim for a high TOEIC score!",
          "ref": "2018 February 28, “TOEIC ni deru fukugōmeishi 50 sen! [50 compound nouns that appear in TOEIC]”, in English Hacker",
          "roman": "ōku no bijinesu ni kan suru fukugōmeishi o oboete, Tōikku hai sukoa o mezashimashō!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "多",
              "おお"
            ],
            [
              "関",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "複",
              "ふく"
            ],
            [
              "合",
              "ごう"
            ],
            [
              "名",
              "めい"
            ],
            [
              "詞",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "覚",
              "おぼ"
            ],
            [
              "TOEIC",
              "トーイック"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "め"
            ],
            [
              "指",
              "ざ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "多くのビジネスに関する複合名詞を覚えて、TOEICハイスコアを目指しましょう!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to aim for, be after"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aim",
          "aim"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to head towards, go towards"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "めざす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞za̠sɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "めざす"
}

Download raw JSONL data for めざす meaning in Japanese (4.2kB)

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  ],
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "めざす",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "title": "めざす",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
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  ],
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  "title": "めざす",
  "trace": ""
}

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}

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  "trace": ""
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}

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