noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
The act of secretly looking at something, often with a voyeuristic nuance. Can also be used more innocently for taking a quick look.
隣の部屋を覗きするのはやめなさい。
Stop peeping into the next room.
peep show; picture-viewing device
Abbreviation of 覗き機関. Refers to an old-fashioned device with a lens for viewing enlarged pictures, or a peep show.
See also: 覗き機関
縁日で覗きを楽しんだ。
I enjoyed the peep show at the festival.
In Go, a move that places a stone before a connecting point, threatening to divide the opponent's stones. Usually written in katakana as ノゾキ.
He was arrested for peeping into the neighbor's bathroom.
彼はドアの隙間から覗きをした。
He took a peep through the crack in the door.
After my opponent played a peep, my stones were about to be cut apart.
It wasn't the first time that man had been caught for peeping.
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look into; peer into; peep into
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
peephole; observation window; viewing window
peeping; peeking; taking a peek
one-way mirror; two-way mirror
Standard kanji spelling for the act of peeping or a peep show.
Katakana spelling is usual for the Go term (source: usu. ノゾキ).
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.
Rarely used kanji form.
Noun form of the verb 覗く (のぞく, 'to peek'). The Go usage is a specialized extension of the peeping metaphor.
peek; peep
voyeurism