Kanji
傍
N1
12 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1660
bystander, side, besides, while, nearby
On'yomi (音読み)
ボウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
かたわ.ら、 わき、 おか-、 はた、 そば
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
傍聴
ぼうちょう
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating)
傍観
ぼうかん
looking on; standing by and watching
傍受
ぼうじゅ
interception; monitoring
傍若無人
ぼうじゃくぶじん
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others
路傍
ろぼう
roadside
傍観的
ぼうかんてき
hands-off; indifferent
傍白
ぼうはく
(theatrical) aside
傍流
ぼうりゅう
branch (of a river); tributary
傍題
ぼうだい
subtitle (e.g. of a book)
傍系血族
ぼうけいけつぞく
collateral relation by blood
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
傍ら
かたわら
side; edge
傍らに寄る
かたわらによる
to step aside
傍の者達
はたのものたち
onlookers; bystanders
路傍の人
ろぼうのひと
utter stranger; mere passerby
傍軒
そばのき
barge course
傍らに人無きが如し
かたわらにひとなきがごとし
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; doing whatever one wants even though others may be watching
傍から見る
はたからみる
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
Example sentences
メアリーは読書（どくしょ）をしており、１匹（ひき）の猫（ねこ）がかたわらで眠（ねむ）っていた。
Mary was reading, with a cat sleeping beside her.
彼（かれ）はただ傍観（ぼうかん）するだけでそのけんかを止（と）めなかった。
He just looked on and didn't stop the quarrel.
出席者（しゅっせきしゃ）が少（すく）なくなりつづけ、実際（じっさい）にやってきた人（ひと）も無関心（むかんしん）に傍観（ぼうかん）していた。
Attendance had been falling off and such people as did come sat about indifferently.