Word Meaning 拱手傍観

こうしゅぼうかん koushuboukan

拱手傍観 is read as こうしゅぼうかん (koushuboukan) and means stand idly by and watch.

Meaning

English

  1. stand idly by and watch

Reading

Kana

こうしゅぼうかん

Romaji

koushuboukan

Writing Variants

  • 拱手傍観 きょうしゅぼうかん kyoushuboukan

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 43 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Yojijukugo Rank 152946 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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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

こうしゅ

folding one's arms

傍観

ぼうかん

looking on

千手観音

せんじゅかんのん

thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara

傍観的

ぼうかんてき

hands-off

手を拱く

てをこまぬく

to fold one's arms

傍観者

ぼうかんしゃ

onlooker

客観

かくかん

objectivity

外観

がいかん

outward appearance

先入観

せんにゅうかん

preconception

悲観

ひかん

pessimism

主観

しゅかん

one's personal opinion