透かす

Meaning

1. v5svt
   to look through
2. v5svt
   to hold up to the light
3. v5svt
   to make an opening; to leave space; to space (lines); to prune (trees)
4. v5svt
   to fart without making a sound

Example sentences

• 煉瓦の壁は透かして見ることはできない。

  One can't see through a brick wall.

• 開け放たれた窓を外から見る者は、閉ざされた窓を透かして見る者と決して同じほど多くのものを見ない。

  He who looks from outside through an open window doesn't see anywhere as much as he who looks through a closed window.