N21433/1725

覗のぞく

rarely used kanji formgodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbintransitive verbarchaic

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のぞく

Meanings

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)
to look down into (a ravine, etc.)
to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)
to sneak a look at, to take a quick look at
to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)
to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.), to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)
to examine (an expression), to study (a face)
to face

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょはドアの隙間すきまから中なかを覗のぞいた。

She peeked inside through the gap in the door.

子供こどもたちは崖がけの端はしから下したを覗のぞこうとしたが、危あぶないからやめた。

The children tried to look down from the edge of the cliff, but stopped because it was dangerous.

帰かえりに本屋ほんやを覗のぞいてみませんか。

Would you like to stop by the bookstore on the way back?

木々きぎの間あいだから青あおい空そらが覗のぞいていて、とても美うつくしかった。

The blue sky was peeking through the trees, and it was very beautiful.

研究者けんきゅうしゃは顕微鏡けんびきょうを覗のぞきながら、細胞さいぼうの変化へんかを注意深ちゅういぶかく観察かんさつした。

The researcher carefully observed the changes in the cells while peering through the microscope.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)