"窺う" meaning in Japanese

See 窺う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Head templates: {{ja-verb|うかがう|tr=trans|type=1}} 窺(うかが)う • (ukagau) transitive godan (stem 窺(うかが)い (ukagai), past 窺(うかが)った (ukagatta)) Forms: 窺う [canonical] (ruby: (うかが)), ukagau [romanization], 窺い [stem] (ruby: (うかが)), 窺った [past] (ruby: (うかが)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 窺わ [error-unrecognized-form], うかがわ [error-unrecognized-form], ukagawa [error-unrecognized-form], 窺い [error-unrecognized-form], うかがい [error-unrecognized-form], ukagai [error-unrecognized-form], 窺う [error-unrecognized-form], うかがう [error-unrecognized-form], ukagau [error-unrecognized-form], 窺え [error-unrecognized-form], うかがえ [error-unrecognized-form], ukagae [error-unrecognized-form], 窺われる [passive], うかがわれる [passive], ukagawareru [passive], 窺わせる [causative], 窺わす [causative], うかがわせる [causative], うかがわす [causative], ukagawaseru [causative], ukagawasu [causative], 窺える [potential], うかがえる [potential], ukagaeru [potential], 窺おう [volitional], うかがおう [volitional], ukagaō [volitional], 窺わない [negative], うかがわない [negative], ukagawanai [negative], 窺わず [continuative, negative], うかがわず [continuative, negative], ukagawazu [continuative, negative], 窺います [formal], うかがいます [formal], ukagaimasu [formal], 窺った [perfective], うかがった [perfective], ukagatta [perfective], 窺って [conjunctive], うかがって [conjunctive], ukagatte [conjunctive], 窺えば [conditional, hypothetical], うかがえば [conditional, hypothetical], ukagaeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. peek, peep
    Sense id: en-窺う-ja-verb-oIExOAbY
  2. be on the lookout
    Sense id: en-窺う-ja-verb-Sn~JWNhO Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 88 2 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 16 79 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 13 84 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 33 51 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 12 85 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 89 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 93 3
  3. infer, gather
    Sense id: en-窺う-ja-verb-XRyAlc7J
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "窺う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "窺",
          "うかが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺い",
      "roman": "ukagai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "窺",
          "うかが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺った",
      "roman": "ukagatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "窺",
          "うかが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うかがう",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "窺(うかが)う • (ukagau) transitive godan (stem 窺(うかが)い (ukagai), past 窺(うかが)った (ukagatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "peek, peep"
      ],
      "id": "en-窺う-ja-verb-oIExOAbY",
      "links": [
        [
          "peek",
          "peek"
        ],
        [
          "peep",
          "peep"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 88 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 73 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 79 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 84 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 51 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 85 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 89 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 93 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be on the lookout"
      ],
      "id": "en-窺う-ja-verb-Sn~JWNhO",
      "links": [
        [
          "on the lookout",
          "on the lookout"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "infer, gather"
      ],
      "id": "en-窺う-ja-verb-XRyAlc7J",
      "links": [
        [
          "infer",
          "infer"
        ],
        [
          "gather",
          "gather"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "窺う"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "窺う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "窺",
          "うかが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺い",
      "roman": "ukagai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "窺",
          "うかが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺った",
      "roman": "ukagatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "窺",
          "うかが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窺えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うかがえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ukagaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うかがう",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "窺(うかが)う • (ukagau) transitive godan (stem 窺(うかが)い (ukagai), past 窺(うかが)った (ukagatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "peek, peep"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peek",
          "peek"
        ],
        [
          "peep",
          "peep"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "be on the lookout"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on the lookout",
          "on the lookout"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "infer, gather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "infer",
          "infer"
        ],
        [
          "gather",
          "gather"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "窺う"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 窺う meaning in Japanese (4.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "窺う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "窺う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "窺う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "窺う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "窺う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "窺う",
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}

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  "path": [
    "窺う"
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  "title": "窺う",
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.