Transitive verb

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)

Transitive verb

to look down into (a ravine, etc.)

Transitive verb

to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)

Transitive verb

to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at

Transitive verb

to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)

Intransitive verb

to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)

Transitive verb

to examine (an expression); to study (a face)

Archaic; Intransitive verb; Esp. 臨く

to face

to peep (through); to peek; to examine (esp. covertly)

to await (one's chance)

Usu. in the passive

to guess; to infer; to gather; to surmise

to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess; to grasp; to fathom; to understand; to know

to watch for an unguarded moment

to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

to wait for an opportunity

narrow insight; narrow view

to make sure someone is asleep; to listen for the breath of a sleeping person

to commit a wrongdoing while someone is sleeping

Formal or literary term

inference; deduction; figuring out; understanding; knowing

to sound out a person's feelings; to consult a person's pleasure