Illustration: At a neighborhood secondhand market, a shopper passes a table crowded with dishes and ornaments and reaches excitedly toward one small ceramic frog. In the shopper's other hand is a plain photograph showing that exact frog, recognizable by its tilted head and chipped toe.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

目め当あて

meate

aim, thing sought

Example sentences

目当めあてのお店みせがすぐに見みつかった。
I soon found the restaurant I was looking for.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
いくら検索けんさくしても、目当めあての情報じょうほうは見みつからない。
No matter how much I search, I can’t find the information I’m looking for.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれは財産ざいさん目当めあてで結婚けっこんした。
He married for money.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 目当

目eyeOnモク・ボクKunめ・ま-
当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる

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