お目め

noun

eye; eyes

Honorific term for someone's eye(s). Used when speaking respectfully about another person's eyes, often in set phrases like お目にかかる (to meet) or お目が高い (having a discerning eye).

See also: 目

• 先せん生せいのお目めはとても美うつくしいですね。

  Your eyes, Sensei, are very beautiful.

• お目めが高たかいですね。これは確たしかに良いい品しなです。

  You have a discerning eye. This is indeed a fine article.

noun

sight; vision; looking

Honorific term for someone's sight or act of looking. Often used in formal expressions like お目に留まる (to catch one's eye) or お目通し (looking over a document).

See also: 目

• この書しょ類るいにお目めを通とおしていただけますか。

  Could you please look over this document?

• 彼かれの作さく品ひんが編へん集しゅう者しゃのお目めに留とまった。

  His work caught the editor's eye.