Vocabulary
傍観
ぼうかん
looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator
noun
suru-verb
vt
freq #30
Example sentences
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.