Lingaku覗く【のぞく】
Frequency rank: 1,921.
- 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 臨む
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
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- 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.
I looked down into the ravine.
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.
She sneakily looked at the cellphone.
This word is used when looking through optical instruments like telescopes or microscopes.
I peeped at the stars through the telescope.
It refers to something sticking out or peeping through a small opening or gap.
The scarf is peeking out from the collar.
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.
Generated collocations (experimental)
のぞく覗くきごう(のぞくきごう)to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)すきま隙間からのぞく覗くto peek through a gapみせ店をのぞく覗くto peek into a shopどうくつ洞窟をのぞく覗くto look into a caveぼうえんきょう望遠鏡でのぞく覗くto look through a telescopeかおをのぞく顔を覗くto look at someone's faceかわ川をのぞく覗くto look down into a riverひと人のようす様子をのぞく覗くto sneak a look at someone's situationころなういるすコロナウイルスのえいきょう影響をのぞく覗くto examine the impact of the coronavirusのぞきみ覗き見するto peep (sneak a glance)
Example sentences
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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.
The neighbor popped his head up over the wall for a moment.
When she looked, he shut the door and locked her into the totally dark closet.
"Just now, you were looking. You Peeping Tom," she said angrily.
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".
You should stop peeking when people are using their cellphones.
Tom looked in the fridge to see what he could find to drink.
Everyone has visited xvideos.com at least once.
Tom and Mary watched through the keyhole as their father put on a Father Christmas costume.