- 1. [exp, v5u] to make sure someone is asleep; to listen for the breath of a sleeping person
- 2. [exp, v5u] to commit a wrongdoing while someone is sleeping
Conjugation — Verb (godan-u)
| Dictionary form | ねいきをうかがう | (neikiwoukagau) |
| Polite | ねいきをうかがいます | (neikiwoukagaimasu) |
| Past, plain | ねいきをうかがった | (neikiwoukagatta) |
| Past, polite | ねいきをうかがいました | (neikiwoukagaimashita) |
| Negative, plain | ねいきをうかがわない | (neikiwoukagawanai) |
| Negative, polite | ねいきをうかがいません | (neikiwoukagaimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | ねいきをうかがわなかった | (neikiwoukagawanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ねいきをうかがいませんでした | (neikiwoukagaimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | ねいきをうかがって | (neikiwoukagatte) |
| Potential | ねいきをうかがえる | (neikiwoukagaeru) |
| Volitional | ねいきをうかがおう | (neikiwoukagaou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | ねいきをうかがえば | (neikiwoukagaeba) |
| Passive | ねいきをうかがわれる | (neikiwoukagawareru) |
| Causative | ねいきをうかがわせる | (neikiwoukagawaseru) |
| Imperative | ねいきをうかがえ | (neikiwoukagae) |