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N3 Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

(のぞ)to peek (though 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 face

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    1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)

    2. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to look down into (a ravine, etc.)

    3. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      3.

      to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)

    4. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      4.

      to sneak a look at, to take a quick look at

    5. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      5.

      to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)

    6. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

      6.

      to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.), to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)

    7. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      7.

      to examine (an expression), to study (a face)

    8. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

      8.

      to face

      Archaic, esp. 臨く,

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    All Forms

    覗く 【のぞく】覘く 【のぞく】窺く 【のぞく】臨く 【のぞく】

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      就職(しゅうしょく)活動(かつどう)(ちゅう)大人(おとな)世界(せかい)(のぞ)

      To take a peek into the adult world during job hunting.

      • N3

      ()になる(ひと)私生活(しせいかつ)(のぞ)いてみたいです。

      I want to take a peek into the private life of someone I'm interested in.

      • N3

      (にわ)(まど)から部屋(へや)(のぞ)いてみると()(ねこ)()()いました。

      When I peered into the room from the garden window, I made eye contact with my pet cat.

      • N3

      この(あた)りは(よる)でも(あか)るすぎるため望遠鏡(ぼうえんきょう)(のぞ)いても(ほし)がよく()えない。

      It is too bright around here even at night, so even if you peep through a telescope, you cannot see the stars very well.

      • N3

      高所(こうしょ)恐怖症(きょうふしょう)なので(ほか)(ひと)(ちが)って(たか)(ところ)から(した)(のぞ)鳥肌(とりはだ)()ってしまいます。

      I have acrophobia, so when I peer down from a high place, I get goosebumps unlike other people.

      • N2
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