Kanji: 目

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:	目 Radical name: めへん
Meaning:	Eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 80 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	目(め)	eye
N3	お目(め)に掛(か)かる	to see/meet someone (honorific)
N3	科目(かもく)	(school) subject, curriculum, course
N3	駄目(だめ)	useless, no good, hopeless
N3	注目(ちゅうもく)	notice, attention, observation
N3	真面目(まじめ)	diligent, serious, honest
N3	目的(もくてき)	purpose, goal, aim, objective, intention
N3	目標(もくひょう)	mark, objective, target
N2	項目(こうもく)	item
N2	目上(めうえ)	superior(s), senior
N2	目指(めざ)す	to aim at, to have an eye on
N2	目覚(めざま)し	(abbr) alarm-clock
N2	目下(めした)	at present, now
N2	目印(めじるし)	mark, sign, landmark
N2	目立(めだ)つ	to be conspicuous, to stand out
N2	目安(めやす)	criterion, aim
N2	目次(もくじ)	table of contents
N2	役目(やくめ)	duty, business
N1	一目(いちもく)	a glance, a look, a glimpse
N1	効(き)き目(め)	effect, virtue, efficacy, impression
N1	生真面目(きまじめ)	too serious, person who is too serious, honesty, sincerity
N1	切(き)れ目(め)	break, pause, gap, end, rift, interruption, cut, section, notch, incision, end (of a task)
N1	人目(じんもく)	glimpse, public gaze
N1	着目(ちゃくもく)	attention
N1	丁目(ちょうめ)	district of a town, city block (of irregular size)
N1	継(つ)ぎ目(め)	a joint, joining point
N1	出鱈目(でたらめ)	irresponsible utterance, nonsense, nonsensical, random, haphazard, unsystematic
N1	番目(ばんめ)	cardinal number suffix
N1	目方(めかた)	weight
N1	目覚(めざま)しい	brilliant, splendid, striking, remarkable
N1	目覚(めざ)める	to wake up
N1	目付(めつ)き	look, expression of the eyes, eyes
N1	目眩(めまい)	dizziness, giddiness
N1	目盛(めもり)	scale, gradations
N1	面目(めんぼく)	face, honour, reputation, prestige, dignity, credit
N1	目録(もくろく)	catalogue, catalog, list
N1	目論見(もくろみ)	a plan, a scheme, a project, a program, intention, goal