Word Meaning 傍観者

ぼうかんしゃ boukansha

傍観者 is read as ぼうかんしゃ (boukansha) and means onlooker.

Meaning

English

  1. onlooker
  2. bystander

Reading

Kana

ぼうかんしゃ

Romaji

boukansha

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 143949 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

傍観

ぼうかん

looking on

傍観的

ぼうかんてき

hands-off

傍の者達

はたのものたち

onlookers

主観主義者

しゅかんしゅぎしゃ

subjectivist

客観主義者

きゃっかんしゅぎしゃ

objectivist

悲観主義者

ひかんしゅぎしゃ

pessimist

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)

Example Sentences

1

ぼうかんしゃがおおかった。

There were many bystanders.