Moto 傍: Bystander; Side; BesidesKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ボウ
- Kun'yomi
- かたわ(ら)、わき、おか-、はた、そば
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 63 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ボウ)
- 傍聴ぼうちょうlistening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating)
- 傍受ぼうじゅinterception; monitoring
- 傍若無人ぼうじゃくぶじんbehaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others
- 傍観ぼうかんlooking on; remaining a spectator
- 路傍ろぼうroadside
- 傍人ぼうじんbystander
- 傍注ぼうちゅうmarginal notes; side notes
- 傍流ぼうりゅうbranch; tributary
- 傍濾胞細胞ぼうろほうさいぼうparafollicular cell
- 傍点ぼうてんmarks or dots written alongside a word to indicate stress or draw the reader's attention; emphasis mark
- 傍白ぼうはく(theatrical) aside
- 傍系ぼうけいcollateral family; subsidiary line
- 傍系血族ぼうけいけつぞくcollateral relation by blood
- 傍線ぼうせんunderline; side line (equivalent to underlining in vertically written text)
- 傍聴人ぼうちょうにんobserver; spectator (e.g. in court)
- 傍聴券ぼうちょうけんadmission ticket
- 傍聴席ぼうちょうせきvisitor's gallery; seats for the public
- 傍聴料ぼうちょうりょうadmission fee
- 傍聴無料ぼうちょうむりょうadmission free
- 傍観的ぼうかんてきhands-off; indifferent
- 傍観者ぼうかんしゃonlooker; bystander
- 傍訓ぼうくんmarginal notes
- 傍註ぼうちゅうmarginal notes; side notes
- 傍証ぼうしょうsupporting evidence; corroboration
- 傍論ぼうろんdigression; dicta
- 傍題ぼうだいsubtitle (e.g. of a book)
- 博引傍証はくいんぼうしょうciting copious references
- 地球近傍天体ちきゅうきんぼうてんたいnear-earth object; NEO
- 地球近傍小惑星ちきゅうきんぼうしょうわくせいnear-Earth asteroid; NEA
- 拱手傍観きょうしゅぼうかんstand idly by and watch
- 袖手傍観しゅうしゅぼうかんlooking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker
- 路傍の人ろぼうのひとutter stranger; mere passerby
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 傍らかたわらside; edge
- お傍おそばnear; close
- 傍そばnear; close
- 傍からそばからas soon as; right after
- 傍からみるはたからみるto be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
- 傍から見るはたからみるto be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
- 傍に置くわきにおくto lay aside; to set aside
- 傍の者達はたのものたちonlookers; bystanders
- 傍らにかたわらにbeside; nearby
- 傍らに人なきがごとしかたわらにひとなきがごとしbehaving outrageously as though there were no one around; doing whatever one wants even though others may be watching
- 傍らに人無きがごとしかたわらにひとなきがごとしbehaving outrageously as though there were no one around; doing whatever one wants even though others may be watching
- 傍らに人無きが如しかたわらにひとなきがごとしbehaving outrageously as though there were no one around; doing whatever one wants even though others may be watching
- 傍らに寄るかたわらによるto step aside
- 傍役わきやくsupporting role (actor); minor role
- 傍惚れおかぼれunrequited love; illicit love
- 傍杖そばづえblow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to somebody else's fight
- 傍焼きおかやきjealousy; envy
- 傍目おかめlooking on from the side; looking on by an outsider
- 傍目八目おかめはちもくbystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation
- 傍見おかみlooking on by an outsider
- 傍視わきみlooking from the side
- 傍軒そばのきbarge course
- 傍近くそばちかくnearby
- 傍迷惑はためいわくnuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
- 傍道わきみちside road; byroad
- 御傍おそばnear; close
Other readings
- 傍耳かたみみthings overheard
- 傍輩ほうばいcomrade; friend
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