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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.
覗き込むのぞきこむTransitiveGodan verbFreq #3457
1

to look into; to peep into; to peer into

Examples
その少年は窓から覗き込んだ。
The boy peeped in at the window.
顔を覗くかおをのぞくExpressionGodan verbFreq #4505
1

to examine someone's expression

覗き見のぞき見のぞきみNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #24307
1

peek; peeping; peeking

Examples
彼女は覗き見したかったが、そんなことはできなかった。
She would have liked to peep in, but could not do such a thing.
覗き見るのぞき見る覗きみるのぞきみるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #16538
1

to peek; to peep

覗きのぞきノゾキ覘きNounFreq #29299
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

peep; peeping

2

Abbreviation

peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

3

Word usually written using kana alone; Go (game); Usu. ノゾキ

peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)

覗き穴のぞき穴のぞきあなNounFreq #48010
1

peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window

覗き窓のぞき窓のぞきまどNounFreq #50142
1

peephole (e.g. in a door); observation window; viewing window

覗き魔のぞき魔のぞきまNounFreq #77836
1

peeping Tom

覗き鏡のぞき鏡のぞきかがみNoun
1

one-way mirror

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

覗き眼鏡のぞき眼鏡のぞきめがね覗眼鏡NounFreq #133726
1

peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

2

water glass; hydroscope; box, etc. with glass bottom for viewing underwater

覗き機関覗き絡繰りのぞきからくり覗機関NounFreq #187419
1

peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

針の穴から天覗く針の穴から天のぞくはりのあなからてんのぞくExpressionGodan verbFreq #263023
1

Idiomatic expression

to have a narrow view of things; to peek at the sky through the eye of a needle

管の穴から天を覗くくだのあなからてんをのぞくExpression
1

Idiomatic expression

to have a narrow view of things

葦の髄から天井を覗くよしのずいからてんじょうをのぞくExpressionGodan verb
1

Idiomatic expression

to have a narrow view of things; to peek at the ceiling through the pith of a reed

回転のぞき絵回転覗き絵かいてんのぞきえNoun
1

zoetrope (animation device)

鍵の穴から天を覗く鍵の穴から天をのぞくかぎのあなからてんをのぞくExpressionGodan verb
1

Idiomatic expression

to have a narrow view of things; to peep at the sky through a keyhole

針の穴から天を覗くはりのあなからてんをのぞくExpressionGodan verb
1

Idiomatic expression

to have a narrow view of things; to peek at the sky through the eye of a needle

覗き趣味のぞき趣味のぞきしゅみNoun
1

voyeurism

瓶覗かめのぞきNounFreq #306463
1

Historical term

faint indigo blue (traditional Japanese color name)

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

差し覗くさしのぞく差覗くArchaicGodan verb
1

Transitive verb

to look (into); to peek; to peep

2

Intransitive verb

to stop by; to drop in; to call at