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lie in wait, spy on, reconnoiter

16 strokesGrade 9

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うかが.うのぞく

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覗くのぞく覘く窺く臨くGodan verbFreq #1982
1

Transitive verb

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

Examples
私は壁の裂け目から外を覗いた。
I peeped out through a crack in the wall.
2

Transitive verb

to look down into (a ravine, etc.)

3

Transitive verb

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

Examples
私はメアリーが店のウインドーをのぞいているのを見ました。
I saw Mary looking into a show window.
4

Transitive verb

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

Examples
その箱をのぞいてはいけない。
Don't look into the box.
5

Transitive verb

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

Examples
彼は顕微鏡をのぞいていた。
He was looking through a microscope.
6

Intransitive verb

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

Examples
隣人が塀の上からちょこっと顔を覗かせた。
The neighbor popped his head up over the wall for a moment.
7

Transitive verb

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

8

Archaic; Intransitive verb; Esp. 臨く

to face

うかがう窺う覗うTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #3450
1

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

Examples
彼女の悲しそうな顔には哀願の様子がうかがえる。
There is a look of appeal on her sad face.
2

to await (one's chance)

Examples
彼は発言の機会をうかがった。
He watched for an opportunity to speak.
3

Usu. in the passive

to guess; to infer; to gather; to surmise

Examples
この壁画からは古代人の生活の片鱗をうかがうことができる。
We can get a glimpse of the lifestyle of ancient people from this wall painting.
うかがい知る窺い知る伺い知るうかがいしるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #26924
1

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

Examples
彼がどうなっているか私にはうかがいしる事ができない。
I cannot guess at all what is going on with him.
隙をうかがう隙を窺うすきをうかがうExpressionGodan verbFreq #35636
1

to watch for an unguarded moment

機会をうかがう機会を窺うきかいをうかがう機会を伺うExpressionGodan verbFreq #39969
1

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

チャンスをうかがうチャンスを窺うチャンスを覗うチャンスを伺うExpressionUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #68220
1

to wait for an opportunity

管窺かんきNounFreq #91357
1

narrow insight; narrow view

寝息をうかがう寝息を窺うねいきをうかがうExpressionGodan verbFreq #125510
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

窺知きちNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #188991
1

Formal or literary term

inference; deduction; figuring out; understanding; knowing

鼻息をうかがう鼻息を窺うはないきをうかがうExpressionGodan verbFreq #192802
1

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

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