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窺う覗う [rK]
うかがう
1. [v5u,vt] [uk]
▶ to peep (through)
▶ to peek
▶ to examine (esp. covertly)
2. [v5u,vt] [uk]
▶ to await (one's chance)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2849122 チャンスを窺う【チャンスをうかがう】 1. to wait for an opportunity
3. [v5u,vt] [uk]
《usu. in the passive》
▶ to guess
▶ to infer
▶ to gather
▶ to surmise

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2022-04-03 11:25:46  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -32 +32 @@
-<s_inf>usu. used passively</s_inf>
+<s_inf>usu. in the passive</s_inf>
5. A 2022-04-02 03:51:12  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2022-04-02 03:03:19  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
うかがう	178514
窺う	57515
覗う	3956
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
3. A 2015-07-01 22:43:22  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
collision with 伺う though
2. A* 2015-06-30 19:38:27  luce
  Refs:
prog, eij kana
n-grams
動向をうかがう	36
動向を窺う	17
顔色をうかがう	485
顔色を窺う	173
機会をうかがう	205
機会を窺う	85
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -22,0 +24 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -27,0 +30 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
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