 | Term | Definition |
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me (目) |
an eye; a look; attention; insight; one's view; an experience; a mesh, a square; texture, a stitch; [鋸の] a tooth; grain; a pip; graduation, scale notches; weight |
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me kara hi ga deru (目から火が出る) |
to see stars |
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me ga kuramu (目がくらむ) |
to be dazzled |
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hidoi me ni au (ひどい目にあう) |
to have a hard time (of it) |
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me to hana no saki ni aru (目と鼻の先にある) |
to be at a stone's throw |
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me no arai (目のあらい) |
coarse |
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me no komakai (目の細かい) |
fine |
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me o kubaru (目を配る) |
to keep an eye on, to watch |
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me o tsukeru (目をつける) |
to mark |
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me o tōsu (目を通す) |
to look over |
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me o hiku (目をひく) |
to attract/draw a person's attention |
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me o nusunde (目を盗んで) |
behind a person's back |
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me o mawasu (目を回す) |
to faint |
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me (芽) |
a bud, a sprout, a shoot |
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me o dasu (芽を出す) |
to bud, to put forth buds/shoots |
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meatarashii (目新しい) |
novel, new |
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meate (目当て) |
an aim, an object, an end, a guide |
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kane o meate ni kekkon suru (金を目当てに結婚する) |
to marry for money |
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mebae (芽生え) |
a bud, a sprout; a seedling, a scion |
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mebana (雌花) |
a female flower |
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mebari o suru (目張りをする) |
to seal up |
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meberi (目減り) |
loss in weight; depreciation |
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meboshi o tsukeru (目星をつける) |
to aim, to spot, to mark |
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meboshii (目ぼしい) |
important, valuable, chief |
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mebunryō (目分量) |
a rough estimate |
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mechakuchana (めちゃくちゃな) |
absurd, unreasonable; incoherent, inconsistent |
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mechakuchani naru (めちゃくちゃになる) |
to get confused, to go to pieces, to be broken to pieces |
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mechakuchani suru (めちゃくちゃにする) |
to spoil, to upset |
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medaka (目高) |
[Ichth.] a killifish |
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medama (目玉) |
an eyeball |
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medamashōhin (目玉商品) |
a loss leader |
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medamayaki (目玉焼き) |
a fried egg, a sunny-side up |
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medatsu (目立つ) |
to be conspicuous, to stand out, to show |
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medattta (目立った) |
conspicuous, marked, remarkable |
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medattte (目立って) |
conspicuously, markedly, remarkably |
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mederu (愛でる) |
to love, to admire |
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medetai (めでたい) |
good, happy |
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medetaku (めでたく) |
happily, successfully |
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medo (目途) |
a prospect |
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medōri suru (目通りする) |
to have an audience [of the King] |
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medōri o yurusu (目通りを許す) |
to grant an audience to |
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megakeru (目掛ける) |
to aim |
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megami (女神) |
a goddess |
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megane (眼鏡) |
spectacles, glasses; judgment |
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megane o kakeru (眼鏡をかける) |
to put on glasses |
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megane o kaketeiru (眼鏡をかけている) |
to wear glasses |
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megane no fuchi (眼鏡のふち) |
a rim |
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megane ni kanau (眼鏡にかなう) |
to win the confidence of, |
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meganebashi (眼鏡橋) |
a humpbacked bridge |
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meganeya (眼鏡屋) |
an optician; an optician's |
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megaroporisu (メガロポリス) |
a megalopolis |
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megashira ga atsuku naru (目頭が熱くなる) |
to be moved to tears |
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megeru (めげる) |
to be discouraged; to shrink from |
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megumareta (恵まれた) |
fortunate, blessed |
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megumi (恵み) |
a blessing, grace, a favour, a kindness, a mercy, charity; alms |
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megumu (恵む) |
to give [alms] |
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megumu (芽ぐむ/萌む) |
to bud, to put forth shoots |
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megurasu (巡らす) |
to surround, to enclose; [計画を] to devise, to discuss |
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meguri (巡り) |
a tour, a pilgrimage; circulation, flow |
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shimameguri o suru (島巡りをする) |
to go round an island |
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meguriai (巡り会い) |
a chance meeting |
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meguriau (巡り合う) |
to come across, to come upon |
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meguriawase (巡り合せ) |
a turn of the Fortune's wheel, fortune, chance, fate |
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meguru (巡る) |
to circulate; to make a tour [of Europe] |
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o megutte (を巡って) |
about, concerning, as regards |
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megusuri o sasu (目薬をさす) |
to apply eye lotion |
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mehana ga tsuku (目鼻がつく) |
to take shape |
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mehana o tukeru (目鼻をつける) |
to give shape to [a plan] |
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mehanadachi (目鼻立ち) |
features |
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mehanadachi ga totonotteiru (目鼻立ちが整っている) |
to have good features |
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mei (姪) |
a niece |
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mei (命) |
an order, instructions |
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no mei ni yori (の命により) |
by order of |
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mei (銘) |
an epitaph, an inscription, a motto, a signature |
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meian (名案) |
a good idea, a bright idea |
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meian (明暗) |
light and darkness |
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meiba (名馬) |
a good horse,a fine horse |
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meibinna (明敏な) |
intelligent, clever |
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meibo (名簿) |
a list of names |
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meibo o tsukuru (名簿を作る) |
to make a list of |
