to look closely or carefully at something difficult to see
見づらいものを注意深く、または慎重に見る (midzurai mono o chūi-bukaku, mata wa shinchō ni miru)
"She peered into the darkness, trying to see who was there."
"彼女は暗闇の中でじっと見つめた、誰がそこにいるのかを見ようとした。" (Kanojo wa kurayami no naka de **jitto mitsumeta**, dare ga soko ni iru no ka o miyou to shita.)
to step aside from work or tension for a short time
to disconnect mentally and drift into thoughts
to ask for information about something
to continue making great efforts toward achieving something
to allow emotions to come and go without fighting them
to pay attention to and understand others’ emotions