Word Meaning 袖手傍観

しゅうしゅぼうかん shuushuboukan

袖手傍観 is read as しゅうしゅぼうかん (shuushuboukan) and means looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves).

Meaning

English

looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves)
remaining a passive onlooker

Reading

Kana

しゅうしゅぼうかん

Romaji

shuushuboukan

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 44 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 125450 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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拱手傍観

きょうしゅぼうかん

stand idly by and watch

傍観

ぼうかん

looking on

傍観的

ぼうかんてき

hands-off

傍観者

ぼうかんしゃ

onlooker

千手観音

せんじゅかんのん

thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara

袖すり合うも多生の縁

そですりあうもたしょうのえん

a meeting by chance is preordained

袖振り合うも他生の縁

そでふりあうもたしょうのえん

even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond

袖の振り合わせも他生の縁

ふでのふりあわせもたしょうのえん

even accidentally touching sleeves with a passing stranger is caused by fate

袖無し羽織

そでなしばおり

sleeveless haori

価値観

かちかん

sense of values

展観

てんかん

exhibition

授業参観

じゅぎょうさんかん

parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)