覗く

Meaning

1. v5kvt
   to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)
2. v5kvt
   to look down into (a ravine, etc.)
3. v5kvt
   to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)
4. v5kvt
   to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at
5. v5kvt
   to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)
6. v5kvi
   to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)
7. v5kvt
   to examine (an expression); to study (a face)
8. v5kvi archaic
   to face

Example sentences

• 被写体に気づかれないようにそぉっとカメラを取り出し、ファインダーを覗く。

  I quietly take out my camera, so as not to be noticed by my photographic subject, and peek through the finder.

• 隣人が塀の上からちょこっと顔を覗かせた。

  The neighbor popped his head up over the wall for a moment.

• 彼は彼女の目を覗き込むと、突然立ち去った。

  He looked into her eyes and suddenly went away.