Search Terms: *覗*
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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-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, Godan-ku verb
•
to have a narrow view of things, to peep at the sky through a keyhole(idiom )
Other readings:
鍵の穴から天をのぞく【かぎのあなからてんをのぞく】
expression, Godan-u verb
•
to wait for one's chance, to wait for an opportunity
Other readings:
機会をうかがう【きかいをうかがう】
、機会を覗う【きかいをうかがう】
expression
•
to have a narrow view of things(idiom )
noun, no-adjective
1.
peep, peeping
noun
2.
peep show, device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures(abbreviation)
See also:覗き機関
Other readings:
覘き【のぞき】
noun
•
peephole, spyhole, inspection hole, observation window
Other readings:
のぞき穴【のぞきあな】
noun
•
peep show, device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
Other readings:
覗き絡繰り【のぞきからくり】
、覗機関【のぞきからくり】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
•
to look into, to peer in
Other readings:
覗きこむ【のぞきこむ】
、のぞき込む【のぞきこむ】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
peeking, peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
Other readings:
のぞき見【のぞきみ】
、覗きみ【のぞきみ】
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to peek, to peep
See also:覗き見 (のぞきみ)
Other readings:
のぞき見る【のぞきみる】
、覗きみる【のぞきみる】
noun
1.
peep show, device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
See also:覗き機関 (のぞきからくり)
2.
water glass, hydroscope, box, etc. with glass bottom for viewing underwater
See also:箱眼鏡 (はこめがね)
Other readings:
覗眼鏡【のぞきめがね】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
expression, Godan-ku verb
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to be like a frog in a well, to make (faulty) assumptions based on one's limited understanding of something, to look at the skies through the eye of a needle(idiom )
Other readings:
針の穴から天のぞく【はりのあなからてんのぞく】
expression, Godan-ku verb
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to have a narrow view of things, to look at the ceiling through a reed