Word Meaning 傍観

ぼうかん boukan

傍観 is read as ぼうかん (boukan) and means looking on.

Meaning

English

  1. looking on
  2. standing by and watching
  3. sitting back and watching
  4. remaining a spectator

Reading

Kana

ぼうかん

Romaji

boukan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms 介入 Rank 7679 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

傍観的

ぼうかんてき

hands-off

傍観者

ぼうかんしゃ

onlooker

袖手傍観

しゅうしゅぼうかん

looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves)

拱手傍観

こうしゅぼうかん

stand idly by and watch

はた

third person

傍聴

ぼうちょう

listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.)

傍受

ぼうじゅ

interception

傍ら

かたわら

while (doing)

かたわら

while (doing)

傍若無人

ぼうじゃくぶじん

behaving outrageously as though there were no one around

価値観

かちかん

sense of values

展観

てんかん

exhibition

Example Sentences

1

ぼうかんしゃがおおかった。

There were many bystanders.