eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
目 centers on the eye as the organ of sight, and by extension the act of looking, gaining insight, or showing care through attention. The 'class' and 'favor' senses are less direct but can be seen as categorizing by observation or bestowing a favorable look.
目 is a pictograph of an eye, turned on its side in the modern form. The outer rectangle represents the eye socket, and the inner strokes the iris and pupil.
The outer box is the eye socket, and the two inner horizontal lines are the iris and pupil. Turn it sideways and you see an eye looking at you.
For モク, imagine a monk meditating with eyes closed, then opening them to gain insight: monk -> モク, and the monk's eyes see clearly.
eye; eyeball
no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
goal; target; aim; objective
notice; attention; observation
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on
appearance; look
serious; earnest; sober; grave
to be conspicuous; to stand out
item; heading; category; clause
to wake up; to awake
witnessing; observing; sighting
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting
mark; guide; landmark
(school) subject; curriculum; course
glance; look; glimpse
duty; role; function
Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo)
name; title; appellation; (something) nominal
eyeball
item; event
criterion; standard; yardstick; reference; aim
disorderly; messy; ruined
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous
catalogue; catalog; inventory
alarm clock
blindness
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; hogwash; rubbish
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
table of contents; contents
turning point; critical juncture
item; commodity; list of articles
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
one eye; one of one's eyes
borderline; boundary
aim; goal
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
before one's eyes; under one's nose
eye drops; eyewash
gap; break; rift
subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior
at present; now
name of a piece of music; (musical) number
sidelong glance
crack; crevice; split; fissure; cleft; rift; chasm; chink; gap
face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity; credit
reverse side
superior; superiors; senior
seam; stitch; suture
handsome man
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae)
sunlight
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm; rift
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
particulars; details; specified items
jostling; milling about; crush; being jammed together
graduations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); gradations; division; scale
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful; conspicuous; outstanding; amazing
fork; junction; parting of the ways
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
entirely; (not) at all
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern)
eye measurement; measure with eye
weight
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
second (in a series)
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
nth time
multipurpose
(paying) a great deal of attention (to)
the nth ...
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to snap out (of a day dream, etc.)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose
to scan; to look over
principal; main; important; fashionable
bargain goods; loss leader
destination (one is heading towards); goal
alarm clock
elective subject or course