羽目

はめ

panel, wainscoting, wainscotting

腰羽目

こしばめ

waist-high wainscoting, waist-high wainscotting

羽目板

はめいた

wainscoting, wainscotting, wood paneling

駄目になる

だめになる

to spoil, to break, to go bad, to go wrong, to fail

目に余る

めにあまる

to be intolerable, to be unpardonable

目にする

めにする

to see, to witness, to observe, to catch sight of, to get a glimpse of, to encounter

目に入る

めにはいる

to catch sight of, to come into view, to happen to see

目に映る

めにうつる

to be visible to, to be seen by, to meet one's eyes

目が点になる

めがてんになる

to be stunned, to be surprised, one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)

羽目を外す

はめをはずす

to cut loose, to act without restraint

目が三角になる

めがさんかくになる

to look daggers at somebody

目に留まる

めにとまる

to catch one's attention

目に触れる

めにふれる

to catch the eye, to attract attention

人目に余る

ひとめにあまる

to be too prominent

目にかかる

めにかかる

to meet (someone of higher status)

裏目に出る

うらめにでる

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

目に見える

めにみえる

to be visible

目に留める

めにとどめる

to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

大目に見る

おおめにみる

to tolerate, to condone, to overlook, to let pass