See also: 旁觀

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ぼう
Grade: S
かん
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
傍觀 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ぼう)(かん) (bōkanばうくわん (baukwan)?

  1. onlooking; spectating passively

Verb edit

(ぼう)(かん)する (bōkan surutransitive suru (stem (ぼう)(かん) (bōkan shi), past (ぼう)(かん)した (bōkan shita))

  1. to look on; to spectate passively
    Hypernym: 見る (miru, to see, to look at)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN