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手をこまねく 、 手を拱く てをこまねく 、 てをこまぬく 同音

exp.

  1. to fold one's arms
  2. to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to look on with folded arms
  3. colloquial to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
Notes
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
彼はなにもしないで手をこまねいているだけだった。
He did nothing but fold his arms.
Contains
手
shǒu て 수
hand
を
を
indicates direct object of action
こ
こ
doing
ね
ね
right?
拱
gǒng こまぬ.く 공
fold hands on breast
拱く
こまねく
to fold (one's) arms