Illustration: At the raised entrance of a Japanese home, an adult kneels beside a newly built shallow wooden ramp. An elderly dog with stiff hind legs is carefully walking up it toward the familiar indoor floor.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

目もく的てき

mokuteki

purpose, aim

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの目的もくてきはそのテストに合格ごうかくすることです。

    His object is to pass the test.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは目的もくてきを達成たっせいした。

    He achieved his purpose.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 入国にゅうこく目的もくてきは何なにですか。

    What’s the purpose of your visit?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 目的

  • 目eyeOnモク・ボクKunめ・ま-
  • 的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store