手を拱く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手 拱
て
Grade: 1 		こまね > こまぬ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
手をこまねく
手をこまぬく

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [te̞ o̞ ko̞ma̠ne̞kɯ̟]
  • IPA(key): [te̞ o̞ ko̞ma̠nɯ̟kɯ̟]

Idiom

手(て)を拱(こまね)く or 手(て)を拱(こまぬ)く • (te o komaneku or te o komanuku) 

  1. to fold one's arms
  2. to look on with folded arms
    腕(うで)を組(く)んで見守(みまも)るという意(い)味(み)です。
    Ude o kunde mimamoru to iu imi desu.
    This idiom means watching with folded arms.
  3. (especially) to stand idly by; to stand by doing nothing
    「手(て)を拱(こまね)く」とは、何(なに)もせずにただ傍(ぼう)観(かん)しているという意(い)味(み)です。
    “Te o komaneku” toha, nani mo sezu ni tada bōkan shite iru to iu imi desu.
    This idiom means to just stand by and do nothing.

Synonyms

  • 拱(きょう)手(しゅ) (kyōshu); 拱(きょう)手(しゅ)傍(ぼう)観(かん) (kyōshu bōkan, “doing nothing (to help), watching with one's arms folded”)

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