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Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)
2.
to look down into (a ravine, etc.)
3.
to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)
4.
to sneak a look at, to take a quick look at
5.
to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)
Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
6.
to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.), to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
7.
to examine (an expression), to study (a face)
Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
8.
Other readings:
覘く【のぞく】
、窺く【のぞく】
、臨く【のぞく】
Godan-ru verb
•
to spy out
Other readings:
伺い探る【うかがいさぐる】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
•
to perceive, to understand
Other readings:
窺い知る【うかがいしる】
、伺い知る【うかがいしる】
、窺いしる【うかがいしる】
Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to peep (through), to peek, to examine (esp. covertly)(usually kana)
2.
to await (one's chance)(usually kana)
3.
to guess, to infer, to gather, to surmise(usually kana)(usu. used passively)
Other readings:
うかがう《覗う》
expression
•
to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight, to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi)
See also:管窺 (かんき)
expression, Godan-u verb
•
to watch for an unguarded moment
Other readings:
隙を窺う【すきをうかがう】
expression, Godan-u verb
1.
to make sure someone is asleep, to listen for the breath of a sleeping person
2.
to commit a wrongdoing while someone is sleeping
Other readings:
寝息を窺う【ねいきをうかがう】