機を窺う (きをうかがう) — to wait for one's chance, to wait for an opportunity | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

to wait for one's chance and to wait for an opportunity

Practice Writing

Character: 1/4

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

to wait for one's chance, to wait for an opportunity

きをうかがう

機

loom, mechanism, machine...

木

き, こ-, ボク

幾

how many, how much, how far...

いく-, いく.つ, キ

㔿

( CDP-8BA4 )

戈

halberd, arms, festival car...

ほこ, ほこづくり, カ

弋

piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)

いぐるみ, ヨク

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

弋

piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)

いぐるみ, ヨク

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

𢆶

幺

short thread radical (no. 52)

ちいさい, ヨウ

幺

short thread radical (no. 52)

ちいさい, ヨウ

人

ひと, -り, ジン

窺

lie in wait, spy on, reconnoiter

うかが.う, のぞく, キ

穴

hole, aperture, slit...

宀

shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)

冖

wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)

八

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

や, や.つ, ハチ

規

standard, measure

夫

おっと, それ, フ

大

おお-, おお.きい, ダイ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

人

ひと, -り, ジン

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

見

see, hopes, chances...

み.る, み.える, ケン

目

eye, class, look...

め, -め, モク

儿

legs radical (no. 10)

がい, ジン, ニン

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