傍ら

Meanings

1. No-adjective, Noun, Adverb

   side; edge; beside; besides; nearby

2. Noun, Adverb

   while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

• 彼かれは読書どくしょをし、その傍かたわらで妻つまが手袋てぶくろを編あんでいた。

  He sat reading, with his wife knitting a pair of gloves beside him.

• 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.