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Meanings
1
Biological classification rank between class and family. Used in scientific contexts.
Cats belong to the order Carnivora.
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Used in formal contexts such as budget revisions, legal documents, or agendas to refer to a specific numbered item.
We will deliberate on the third item of the budget proposal.
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counter for stones (go); counter for surrounded points (go)
Used in the game of Go to count played stones or surrounded points. Domain-specific term.
Black won by one point.
Expressions· 8
- 相碁井目in any game, skill differences can be large
- 飛耳長目sharp eyes and ears for gathering information far and wide; acumen and shrewd discernment from widely collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books that broaden one's knowledge
- 本来の面目one's true nature; original face
- 面目が立つsave face; keep face; not lose face
- 隅の曲がり四目bent four in the corner
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- 一目も二目も置くacknowledge someone's superiority; take one's hat off to someone
- 二目の頭は見ずハネよhane at the head of two stones
- 目的のためには手段を選ばないthe end justifies the means; willing to do anything to achieve one's goal