覗く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
覗
のぞ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Verb

覗く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana のぞく, rōmaji nozoku)

  1. peek, sneak a look, peep
    • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan:
      帰 (かえ)りがけに覗 (のぞ)いてみると涼 (すず)しそうな部 (へ)屋 (や)がたくさん空 (あ)いている。
      Kaeri-gake ni nozoite miru to suzushisō na heya ga takusan aite iru.
      On my way back from the bathroom, I peeped about, and found many rooms, which looked much cooler than mine, vacant.

Conjugation

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