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袖手傍観 is an exact match with the following word:
袖手傍観
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looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker  (yojijukugo)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 12 (among the 180,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 250,000 (about 9,920 results)
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Example sentences:
しゅうしゅぼうかん
袖手傍観
する
だけ
なに
できない
じぶん
自分
ふがい
不甲斐
なかった

I found myself useless, just looking on with folded arms and unable to do anything.
シュウ   そで sleeve   
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ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
ボウ   bystander   かたわ alongside   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
the way of standing covered
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
cover; covered   
カン    outlook   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
little bird
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
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