窺う – Vocabulary details

窺うかがう

Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to peep (through); to peek; to examine (esp. covertly)

2. to await (one's chance)

3. to guess; to infer; to gather; to surmise

usu. used passively

look through something narrow

う

かがう

to watch for an unguarded moment

to wait for an opportunity

to sound out a person's feelings; (lit.) to consult a person's pleasure

to make sure someone is asleep; to listen for the breath of a sleeping person; to commit a wrongdoing while someone is sleeping

to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight; (lit.) to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi)

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