傍観

Meanings

1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive

   looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator

• 世間せけんはいつまでこれらの暴虐ぼうぎゃくを傍観ぼうかんし続つづけるのか。

  How long can the world stand by and watch these atrocities?

• 彼かれはただ傍観ぼうかんするだけでそのけんかを止やめなかった。

  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.