How to say "glance" in Japanese

• 一目ひとめCommon
  nounA quick look or glimpse at something. This is the natural word for taking one glance — for example glancing at a page, a crowd, or a clock — without studying it closely.
• 一覧いちらんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbTaking in many things at a glance; a look over a whole list, display, or document. It suits surveying or reviewing rather than a single fleeting glance at one thing.
• 一見いっけんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbA first glance, especially when describing how something or someone appears on first sight. It typically frames a judgment that a closer look may revise: at a glance, it looks X, but in fact Y.
  上空じょうくうを飛行ひこう中ちゅうに私わたしたちはその湖みずうみちらりと一見いっけんした。↗

  We had a glimpse of the lake as we flew over it.
• 視線しせんCommon
  nounNot the act of glancing but the line of sight or gaze itself — where someone's eyes are directed. Use it for a glance cast at a person, such as an admiring or hostile glance.
  彼女かのじょは彼かれの方ほうに視線しせんを向むけた。↗

  She cast an eye in his direction.
• 一顧いっこCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbLiterally 'a single turn of the head,' it means the slightest notice or consideration. It is not a way to describe physically glancing at something; it appears almost only in the negative, 'without giving the slightest notice.'

Use 一目 for a quick look or glimpse, 一見 for how something appears at first sight, 一覧 for surveying many items at a glance, 視線 for a gaze or glance directed at someone, and 一顧 only figuratively for the slightest notice.

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• 一目ひとめglance
• 一覧いちらんlook
• 一見いっけんlook
• 視線しせんone's line of sight
• 一顧いっこslightest notice
• 一目いちもくlook
• 瞥見べっけんglance
• ちょっと見ちょっとみlook
• めlook