"目" meaning in Japanese

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Affix

IPA: [bo̞kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (ぼく)), boku [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 目 (MC mjuwk). The 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Min Nan 目 (bo̍k). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ほく'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|目}} 目 (MC mjuwk), {{m|ja|漢音|lit=Han sound|tr=kan'on}} 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”), {{cog|nan|目|tr=bo̍k}} Min Nan 目 (bo̍k) Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix|ぼく}} 目(ぼく) • (boku)
  1. eye
    Sense id: en-目-ja-affix-R8IVtfcO
  2. look, appearance
    Sense id: en-目-ja-affix-B892~hWO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 瞬目 (shunboku) (ruby: (しゅん), (ぼく)) (english: blink of an eye, moment, instant), 真面目 (shinmenboku) (ruby: (しん), (めん), (ぼく)) (english: real appearance or worth of something; serious), 新面目 (shinmenboku) (ruby: (しん), (めん), (ぼく)) (english: new appearance or look for something), 不面目 (fumenboku) (ruby: (), (めん), (ぼく)) (english: dishonor, loss of face), 面目 (menboku), 面目 (meiboku) (english: one's honor, one's metaphorical face; external appearance)
Etymology number: 4

Character

  1. Tags: grade-1-kanji, kanji, no-gloss
    Sense id: en-目-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant transliterations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Grade 1 kanji Disambiguation of Grade 1 kanji: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: [mo̞kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (もく)), moku [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 目 (MC mjuwk). The 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”) reading, so likely the initial Middle Chinese borrowing. Compare modern Cantonese 目 (muk₆) and Wu 目 (moq). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|目}} 目 (MC mjuwk), {{m|ja|呉音|lit=Wu sound|tr=goon}} 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”), {{cog|yue|目|tr=muk₆}} Cantonese 目 (muk₆), {{cog|wuu|目|tr=moq}} Wu 目 (moq) Head templates: {{ja-noun|もく}} 目(もく) • (moku)
  1. (taxonomy) an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger than a family Categories (topical): Taxonomy Coordinate_terms (Taxonomy): 生物分類 (seibutsu no bunrui)
    Sense id: en-目-ja-noun-Z6Dhekz- Categories (other): Japanese affixes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 0 23 0 48 30 0 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 0 43 52 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 3 0 44 51 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 5 0 43 53 0 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy Disambiguation of 'Taxonomy': 92 8 0
  2. a playing piece in a board game, such as a stone in the game of go
    Sense id: en-目-ja-noun-x1~2C410 Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 7 3 0 5 0 0 3 4 5 4 2 4 3 0 2 0 13 17 1 5 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 0 43 52 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 3 0 44 51 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 5 0 43 53 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 4 0 39 56 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 3 0 38 58 1
  3. a point in the game of go
    Sense id: en-目-ja-noun-Qwx~gucR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: ドメイン (domein) (english: domain), (kai) (english: kingdom), (english: phylum; mon), () (english: class), (ka) (english: family), (zoku) (english: genus), (shu) (english: species)
Etymology number: 3 Derived forms: 目迎 (mokugei) (ruby: 目迎(もくげい)) (english: turning one's gaze towards the direction from which someone is coming), 目撃 (mokugeki) (ruby: 目撃(もくげき)) (english: witness something), 目今 (mokukon), 目今 (mokkon), 目算 (mokusan) (ruby: 目算(もくさん)) (english: eyeball something, making a visual estimate or calculation of something), 目視 (mokushi) (ruby: (もく), ()) (english: look at something with one's own eyes), 目次 (mokuji) (ruby: (もく), ()) (english: table of contents), 目笑 (mokushō) (ruby: 目笑(もくしょう)) (english: smiling with one's eyes; smiling at one another, catching another's eye and smiling or laughing), 目睫 (mokushō) (ruby: 目睫(もくしょう)) (english: eyes and eyelash; extremely close by), 目食耳視 (mokushoku jishi) (ruby: 目食(もくしょく), 耳視(じし)) (english: eating with one's eyes, looking with one's ears→ choosing foods based on what they look like instead of their taste, and choosing fashions based on what people say instead of how comfortable they are → all style and no substance), 目する (mokusuru) (ruby: (もく)) (english: to regard, to look upon), 目銭: a kind of tax levied in the Kamakura and Muromachi period (mokusen), a tax on sake bottle, a property tax based on the area of agricultural land, 目前 (mokuzen) (ruby: 目前(もくぜん)) (english: right before one's eye, right away, imminent, immediate), 目送 (mokusō) (ruby: 目送(もくそう)) (english: follow something or someone with one's eyes), 目測 (mokuso) (ruby: (もく), ()) (english: eyeball a distance or length), 目代: an agent (mokudai), executor of a lord starting from the late Heian period, an on-site official, deputy starting from the Kamakura period, a local administrator in the Edo period, 目的 (mokuteki) (ruby: 目的(もくてき)) (english: intent, purpose, goal, objective), 目途 (mokuto) (ruby: (もく), ()) (english: mark, guide, target), 目睹 (mokuto) (ruby: (もく), ()) (english: witness something), 目標 (mokuhyō) (ruby: 目標(もくひょう)) (english: target, goal, aim; landmark), 目礼 (mokurei) (ruby: 目礼(もくれい)) (english: greet or acknowledging someone with one's eyes), 目録 (mokuroku) (ruby: 目録(もくろく)) (english: list, a catalog), 目論見 (mokuromi), 目論 (mokuron) (english: plan, a scheme, a design, a plot), 目論む (mokuromu) (ruby: (もく), ()) (english: to plan, to scheme, to design, to plot), 目割れ (mokuware) (ruby: (もく), ()) (english: plot, conspiracy, or other hidden plan being expose or found out), 岡目八目 (okamehachimoku) (ruby: (おか), (), 八目(はちもく)) (english: lookers-on see most of the game; Observers can read eight moves ahead while watching a game of Go from the side) [literally], 細目 (saimoku) (ruby: 細目(さいもく)) (english: detail, particular, breakdown), 真面目 (shinmenmoku) (ruby: 真面(しんめん), (もく)) (english: real appearance or worth of something; serious), 新面目 (shinmenmoku) (ruby: 新面(しんめん), (もく)) (english: new appearance or look for something), 不面目 (fumenmoku) (ruby: 不面(ふめん), (もく)) (english: dishonor, loss of face), 面目 (menmoku) (ruby: 面目(めんもく)) (english: one's honor, one's metaphorical face; external appearance)

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "kingdom",
      "roman": "kai",
      "word": "界"
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      "word": "門"
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      "roman": "kō",
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      "roman": "mokushoku jishi",
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      "word": "目代: an agent"
    },
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    {
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      "roman": "mokuhyō",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mokuromi",
      "word": "目論見"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "plan, a scheme, a design, a plot",
      "roman": "mokuron",
      "word": "目論"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to plan, to scheme, to design, to plot",
      "roman": "mokuromu",
      "ruby": [
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          "論",
          "ろ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "roman": "mokuware",
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          "目",
          "もく"
        ],
        [
          "割",
          "わ"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "lookers-on see most of the game; Observers can read eight moves ahead while watching a game of Go from the side",
      "roman": "okamehachimoku",
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          "岡",
          "おか"
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          "目",
          "め"
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          "はちもく"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "岡目八目"
    },
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      "roman": "saimoku",
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          "目",
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          "目",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "dishonor, loss of face",
      "roman": "fumenmoku",
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      "english": "real appearance or worth of something; serious",
      "roman": "shinmenboku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "真",
          "しん"
        ],
        [
          "面",
          "めん"
        ],
        [
          "目",
          "ぼく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "真面目"
    },
    {
      "english": "new appearance or look for something",
      "roman": "shinmenboku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "新",
          "しん"
        ],
        [
          "面",
          "めん"
        ],
        [
          "目",
          "ぼく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "新面目"
    },
    {
      "english": "dishonor, loss of face",
      "roman": "fumenboku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "面",
          "めん"
        ],
        [
          "目",
          "ぼく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "不面目"
    },
    {
      "roman": "menboku",
      "word": "面目"
    },
    {
      "english": "one's honor, one's metaphorical face; external appearance",
      "roman": "meiboku",
      "word": "面目"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "ほく'"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "目"
      },
      "expansion": "目 (MC mjuwk)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "漢音",
        "lit": "Han sound",
        "tr": "kan'on"
      },
      "expansion": "漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan",
        "2": "目",
        "tr": "bo̍k"
      },
      "expansion": "Min Nan 目 (bo̍k)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 目 (MC mjuwk). The 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading, so likely a later borrowing.\nCompare modern Min Nan 目 (bo̍k).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "目",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "目",
          "ぼく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "affix",
        "2": "ぼく"
      },
      "expansion": "目(ぼく) • (boku)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "affix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eye"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "look, appearance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[bo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "目"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "目"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "目",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "目"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "affix",
  "title": "目",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "wiktionary/179/20240425",
  "msg": "目/Japanese/soft-redirect: missing \"senses\" in data (must have at least one sense, add empty sense with \"no-gloss\" tag if none otherwise available): {\"categories\": [\"Japanese affixes\", \"Japanese entries with incorrect language header\", \"Japanese lemmas\", \"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks\", \"Japanese single-kanji terms\", \"Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese\", \"Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji\", \"Japanese terms spelled with 目\", \"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation\", \"Japanese terms with multiple readings\", \"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations\", \"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys\", \"Japanese terms written with one Han script character\", \"Pages with raw sortkeys\"], \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"lang_code\": \"ja\", \"pos\": \"soft-redirect\", \"redirects\": [\"め\"], \"word\": \"目\"}",
  "path": [],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "soft-redirect",
  "title": "目",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "wiktionary/179/20240425",
  "msg": "目/Japanese/soft-redirect: missing \"senses\" in data (must have at least one sense, add empty sense with \"no-gloss\" tag if none otherwise available): {\"categories\": [\"Japanese affixes\", \"Japanese entries with incorrect language header\", \"Japanese lemmas\", \"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks\", \"Japanese single-kanji terms\", \"Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese\", \"Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji\", \"Japanese terms spelled with 目\", \"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation\", \"Japanese terms with multiple readings\", \"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations\", \"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys\", \"Japanese terms written with one Han script character\", \"Pages with raw sortkeys\"], \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"lang_code\": \"ja\", \"pos\": \"soft-redirect\", \"redirects\": [\"ま\"], \"word\": \"目\"}",
  "path": [],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "soft-redirect",
  "title": "目",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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