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覗く [ichi1] ；覘く [rK] ；窺く [rK] ；臨く [rK]
【のぞく [ichi1] 】

[v5k,vt]
▶ to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)

[v5k,vt]
▶ to look down into (a ravine, etc.)

[v5k,vt]
▶ to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)

[v5k,vt]
▶ to sneak a look at
▶ to take a quick look at

[v5k,vt]
▶ to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)

[v5k,vi]
▶ to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
▶ to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)

[v5k,vt]
▶ to examine (an expression)
▶ to study (a face)

[v5k,vi] [arch]
《esp. 臨く》
▶ to face

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1555560 臨む 2. to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to be confronted by

Conjugations

History:

12.	A 2022-12-15 04:13:34 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
11.	A* 2022-12-14 05:48:58 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮ │ 覗く　 │ 744,374 │ 98.9% │ │ 覘く　 │ 8,120 │ 1.1% │ 🡠 rK (daijr/s, koj, etc.) │ 窺く　 │ 48 │ 0.0% │ 🡠 rK (daijs) │ 臨く　 │ 0 │ 0.0% │ 🡠 rK (daijr/s, koj) │ のぞく │ 474,302 │ N/A │ ╰─ーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
	Diff:	@@ -9,0 +10 @@ +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> @@ -12,0 +14 @@ +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> @@ -15,0 +18 @@ +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
10.	A 2018-12-06 21:37:15 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
9.	A* 2018-12-03 23:37:38 Tristan Refsnyder <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	first definition typo though → through
	Diff:	@@ -24 +24 @@ -<gloss>to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)</gloss>
8.	A 2017-07-13 03:23:48 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Moving it down 1 to save re-indexing the examples.
	Diff:	@@ -48,0 +49,6 @@ +<pos>&vi;</pos> +<gloss>to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&v5k;</pos> @@ -52,6 +57,0 @@ -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&v5k;</pos> -<pos>&vi;</pos> -<gloss>to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)</gloss> -<gloss>to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)</gloss>
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7.	A* 2017-07-12 20:45:30
	Refs:	jmdict 2830260
	Comments:	Not in 大辞林, but common in novels. I am putting it here for easier finding. 覗き込む is used the same too. F.ex. 男は無造作に俺の顔をのぞき込んだ。
	Diff:	@@ -48,0 +49,6 @@ +<pos>&vt;</pos> +<gloss>to examine (an expression)</gloss> +<gloss>to study (a face)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&v5k;</pos>
6.	A 2012-04-14 04:18:02 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5.	A* 2012-04-14 02:53:25 Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Link “face” sense to closely related 臨む, which is what’s used these days. (のぞく／のぞむ are from same source)
	Diff:	@@ -56,0 +56,1 @@ +<xref type="see" seq="1555560">臨む・2</xref>
4.	A 2011-07-31 22:25:35 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2011-07-31 19:36:16 Paul Upchurch
	Comments:	Typo correction
	Diff:	@@ -51,1 +51,1 @@ -<gloss>to peek through (sky though a forest canopy, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)</gloss>
2.	A 2011-03-24 00:13:17 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2011-03-23 14:42:37 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -57,1 +57,1 @@ -<s_inf>esp. 臨</s_inf> +<s_inf>esp. 臨く</s_inf>

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