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), remaining a passive onlooker

拱手

こうしゅ きょうしゅ

folding one's arms, being idle

傍観

ぼうかん

looking on, remaining a spectator

傍観的

ぼうかんてき

hands-off, indifferent, spectatorial

傍観者

ぼうかんしゃ

onlooker, bystander

拱く

こまぬく こまねく

to fold (one's) arms

千手観音

せんじゅかんのん

thousand-armed Kannon

傍白

ぼうはく

(theatrical) aside

傍耳

かたみみ はたみみ

things overheard

傍点

ぼうてん

marks or dots used to emphasize text passage (emphasise)

傍目

はため

outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer

道傍

どうぼう

side of the road, roadside

傍受

ぼうじゅ

interception, monitoring, tapping

傍聴

ぼうちょう

hearing, listening, attendance, auditing

傍注

ぼうちゅう

marginal notes, side notes, gloss

傍論

ぼうろん

digression, dicta, dictums

路傍

ろぼう

roadside

傍題

ぼうだい

subtitle (e.g. of a book)

傍証

ぼうしょう

supporting evidence, corroboration