- 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 facearchaismesp. 臨くsee also
Godan verb with 'ku' ending; transitive verb
Godan verb with 'ku' ending; intransitive verb
Godan verb with 'ku' ending; transitive verb
Godan verb with 'ku' ending; intransitive verb
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- 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
This word is used to describe the action of taking a quick look through a small opening or gap.
It is used when looking down into a deep or steep place like a ravine or valley.
This usage refers to looking inside a shop or store, often to see what's inside or to see if someone is there.
It describes the action of sneakily looking at something quickly.
This word is used when looking through optical instruments like telescopes or microscopes.
It refers to something sticking out or peeping through a small opening or gap.
This usage involves closely looking at someone's expression or face to examine or study it.
In this context, it means to confront or face something directly.
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I quietly take out my camera, so as not to be noticed by my photographic subject, and peek through the finder.
When I was inside my mother's womb, I looked through my mother's navel at the house where I would be born and I thought: "No way I'm going there".
Tom and Mary watched through the keyhole as their father put on a Father Christmas costume.