のぞく

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
除く

Earlier pronounced のそく (nosoku).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "除く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
除く ぞく
Imperative (命令形) 除け ぞけ
Key constructions
Passive 除かれる ぞかれる
Causative 除かせる ぞかせる
Potential 除ける ぞける
Volitional 除こう ぞこ
Negative 除かない ぞかない
Negative perfective 除かなかった ぞかなかった
Formal 除きます ぞきま
Perfective 除いた ぞいた
Conjunctive 除いて ぞいて
Hypothetical conditional 除けば ぞけ

Verb

のぞく (nozokutransitive godan (stem のぞき (nozoki), past のぞいた (nozoita))

  1. remove
  2. except, be except for
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
覗く
覘く
臨く

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "覗く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
覗く ぞく
Imperative (命令形) 覗け ぞけ
Key constructions
Passive 覗かれる ぞかれる
Causative 覗かせる ぞかせる
Potential 覗ける ぞける
Volitional 覗こう ぞこ
Negative 覗かない ぞかない
Negative perfective 覗かなかった ぞかなかった
Formal 覗きます ぞきま
Perfective 覗いた ぞいた
Conjunctive 覗いて ぞいて
Hypothetical conditional 覗けば ぞけ

Verb

のぞく (nozokutransitive godan (stem のぞき (nozoki), past のぞいた (nozoita))

  1. peek, sneak a look, peep
    • (かえ)りがけに(のぞ)いてみると(すず)しそうな()()がたくさん()いている。
      Kaeri-gake ni nozoite miru to suzushisō na heya ga takusan aite iru.
      On my way back from the bathroom, I peeped about, and found many rooms, which looked much cooler than mine, vacant.
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN