JLPT N3 · Verb

覗く (nozoku)

覗く (のぞく, nozoku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
のぞく
Romaji
nozoku
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
  2. to look down into (a ravine, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
  3. to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
  4. to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at · godan verb, transitive
  5. to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

私は壁の裂け目から外を覗いた。
I peeped out through a crack in the wall.
私はメアリーが店のウインドーをのぞいているのを見ました。
I saw Mary looking into a show window.
その箱をのぞいてはいけない。
Don't look into the box.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 覗く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary覗くのぞく nozoku
Polite (~masu)覗きますのぞきます nozokimasu
Negative覗かないのぞかない nozokanai
Polite negative覗きませんのぞきません nozokimasen
Past覗いたのぞいた nozoita
Polite past覗きましたのぞきました nozokimashita
Negative past覗かなかったのぞかなかった nozokanakatta
Te-form覗いてのぞいて nozoite
Potential覗けるのぞける nozokeru
Passive覗かれるのぞかれる nozokareru
Causative覗かせるのぞかせる nozokaseru
Volitional覗こうのぞこう nozokou
Imperative覗けのぞけ nozoke
Conditional (~ba)覗けばのぞけば nozokeba

Kanji in 覗く

Source: JMdict entry 1470840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.