しゅう
袖
しゅ
手
ぼう
傍
かん
観

noun, takes する, transitive verb

Messages.yoji.
  1. looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves), remaining a passive onlooker.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しゅう
袖
しゅ
手
ぼう
傍
かん
観
 袖手傍観 しゅうしゅぼうかん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

sleeve, wing (building), extension
そで　シュウ (11th)
clothes, clothing radical (no. 145
ころも
wherefore, a reason
ユウ　ユ　ユイ (3rd, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
hand
て　シュ　ズ (1st, N4)
bystander, side, besides
はた　ボウ　かたわ.ら (7th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
RHS of character, at same time
つくり　ボウ　かたがた (Kentei 1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ　かた　なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン　マン　よろず (2nd, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
outlook, look, appearance
カン　み.る　しめ.す (4th, N3)
heron(雚) variant
person(人) variant
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ　スイ　とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ　あるじ　ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
see, hopes, chances
み.る　ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)