項目

こうもく · koumoku · JLPT N2 · noun

item

📋 項 = entry or clause + 目 = eye, sort, category: each entry is a line your eye checks off

項 originally meant the nape of the neck, later 'clause or entry'. 目 means eye, and as a suffix it marks a category, so 項目 is each separate entry on a list.

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