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傍観ぼうかん (boukan)

looking on, watching from the sidelines

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傍観 (ぼうかん, boukan) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “looking on, watching from the sidelines”.

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Example sentences 10

私わたしは喧嘩けんかを傍観ぼうかんしていた

I was watching the fight.

私は人生の傍観者にはならない。

I won't just stand back and watch life go by.

傍観ぼうかん者しゃにはゲームの大だい部分ぶぶんがみえる。

Onlookers see most of the game.

私は決して人生の傍観者にはならない。

I will never just stand back and watch life go by.

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