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読み方 うかがう

他動詞

1

（＝目上を訪問する）to call on, wait upon （a superior）; to wait upon one's pleasure; to attend on one's leisure; to dance attendance upon （a noble personage）

用例

• 早速伺います
  I shall call on you―wait upon you―without delay.

• それではお宅の方へ伺います
  Then I shall call at your residence.
• 今日は少々大事な用があって伺いました
  I have called on particular business.

2

用例

• 天機を伺う
  to pay one's respects to the Emperor

• ご機嫌を伺う
  to pay one's respects to a superior―（芸人なら）―perform to an audience
• 罪の無いお話を一席伺います
  I will tell you a story that will make you laugh.

3

（＝目上に問う）to ask （one about something）; to inquire （of one about something）; to want to know; to submit （a case to the court）

用例

• 伺ってみましょう
  I will ask him.

• お名前を伺っても仰有いません
  I asked his name, but he would not tell me.
• 試験のことを伺いに出ました
  I came to inquire of you about the examination.
• 如何御消光被遊候哉一寸御伺い申上候
  This is to ask you how you are passing your time.
• ご意見を伺いたい
  I wish to know your opinion.
• 植木屋が今度はいつ参ってよいか伺ってくれと申します
  The gardener wants to know when he shall come next.
• ひとつその理由を伺いたいものだ
  I should like to know the reason.
• ちょっと伺いますが
  Please, sir,...
• その説は事実とは少々合わないように思われますがいかがなのもでしょうか伺います
  That statement, I submit, is not in strict accord with the truth.

4

（＝承る）to hear; to be told

用例

• 先生から伺いました
  I heard it from my teacher
  My teacher told me.

• あなたからそう伺いました
  You told me so.
• 今度お止めになるように伺いましたがどういうわけですか
  You are going to resign, I hear
  I understand. How is that?

読み方 うかがう

他動詞

1

（＝機会などを待つ）to watch for, look out for （an opportunity）

用例

• 機を窺う
  to watch for a chance

• 時分を窺う
  to watch for one's time
• 人の隙を窺う
  to watch for an unguarded moment
• 相手の隙を窺え
  Watch for a moment when your man is off his guard!

2

（＝観察する）to observe; to watch; to spy; to see

用例

• 様子を窺う
  to observe the state of things―see how the land lies

• あたりの様子を窺う
  to take one's bearings
• その男は窓から内の様子を窺っていた
  He was looking in at the window.
• 形勢を窺う
  to watch the signs of the times―see how the wind blows
• 過去を窺い将来を察する
  We look into the past and glance into the future.
• 人の動静を窺う
  to watch one's movements―spy on one's movements
• 敵の動静を窺う
  to observe the movements of the enemy―spy out the enemy's movements
• 政界の動静を窺う
  to watch the development of political affairs
• 世の動静を窺う
  to observe the state of affairs
• 人の顔色を窺う、鼻息を窺う
  to hang on one's smiles―wait on one's beck―wait on one's nod

3

（＝幾分を知る）to know something of （anything）; to get a glance into （something）; to catch a glimpse of （something）; to form some idea of （anything）

用例

• 内部の消息が多少窺われる
  We can know something of the internal state of things.

• その生活の一端を窺い知ることができる
  We can get a glance into their life―catch a glimpse of their daily life.
• これを見れば事の一端を窺い知るに足る
  This will give you a glace into the matter.
• 有史以前のことを微かに窺い知るを得べし
  We can form a faint idea of the prehistoric times.
• 内部の消息は門外漢の窺い知るところにあらず
  The internal state of things is a sealed book to the outsider.
• 天道は窺い知るあたわず
  Inscrutable are the ways of Heaven
  Heaves is a sealed letter to us.
• 意味深長窺い知るべからず
  We can not fathom the meaning.

4

• 王位を窺う
  to aspire to the Throne―have designs on the Throne