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窺
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
Formal or literary term
inference; deduction; figuring out; understanding; knowing
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 infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess; to grasp; to fathom; to understand; to know
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
to wait for an opportunity
to make sure someone is asleep; to listen for the breath of a sleeping person
to commit a wrongdoing while someone is sleeping
to sound out a person's feelings; to consult a person's pleasure
Idiomatic expression
to have a narrow view of things; to look at the sky through a tube