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窺うかがう
Meanings
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. in the passive
Alt. forms
窺うかがう
64%
うかがう
34%
覗うかがう
1%
Kanji used
窺
look through something narrow
Pitch accent
う
かがう
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Conjugations...Used in: 2230
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
to watch for an unguarded moment
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
to wait for an opportunity
to make sure someone is asleep; to listen for the breath of a sleeping person; to commit a wrongdoing while someone is sleeping
to sound out a person's feelings; (lit.) to consult a person's pleasure
to have a narrow view of things; (lit.) to look at the sky through a tube