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inference; deduction; figuring out; understanding; knowing
彼の表情から本音を窺知できた。
I could infer his true feelings from his expression.
古文書から当時の暮らしを窺知する。
We infer the life of that era from old documents.
窺知しがたい意図が隠されていた。
A hard-to-discern intention was hidden.