Illustration: On the veranda of a Japanese house, an older resident sits upright on a floor cushion, shelling peas into a bowl. Their dog lies immediately beside their hip, its body parallel to the resident's leg and its head comfortably within reach of the resident's resting hand.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

傍かたわら

katawara

beside, nearby

Example sentences

彼かれは読書どくしょをし、その傍かたわらで妻つまが手袋てぶくろを編あんでいた。
He sat reading, with his wife knitting a pair of gloves beside him.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
メアリーは読書どくしょをしており、１匹ひきの猫ねこがかたわらで眠ねむっていた。
Mary was reading, with a cat sleeping beside her.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれらが目めを覚さましたとき、彼かれらの傍かたわらにあった石いしを見みつけた。
When they woke up they saw a stone lying next to them.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 傍

傍bystander; sideOnボウKunかたわら・わき・おか-

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