目め印じるし

noun

mark; identifying sign

A visible mark or sign used so that something can be quickly recognized, found, or distinguished.

• 自じ分ぶんの傘かさだと分わかるように、赤あかいリボンを目め印じるしにつけた。

  I put a red ribbon on my umbrella as a mark so I could tell it was mine.

• 箱はこの側そく面めんに小ちいさな目め印じるしを書かいておいた。

  I wrote a small mark on the side of the box.

noun

landmark; guide

Used for an object, building, sign, or other visible point that serves as a guide when giving directions or finding a place. Common in the pattern Xを目印に.

• 駅えき前まえの時計とけい台だいを目め印じるしに来きてください。

  Use the clock tower in front of the station as a landmark when you come.

• 青あおい看かん板ばんが店みせの目め印じるしです。

  The blue sign is the landmark for the shop.

noun

trademark

Archaic Edo-period use referring to a distinctive commercial mark, roughly like a trademark in modern terms.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、商しょう家かの「目め印じるし」が今いまでいう商しょう標ひょうのように使つかわれた。

  In Edo-period usage, a shop's mejirushi was used like what we would now call a trademark.