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手を拱く

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

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

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

Idiom

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()(こまね) or ()(こまぬ) (te o komaneku or te o komanuku

  1. to fold one's arms
  2. to look on with folded arms
    (うで)()んで見守(みまも)という()()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
    ()(こまね)」とは、(なに)もせずにただ(ぼう)(かん)しているという()()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.

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