座視

ざし【座視， 坐視】

¶ → 座視する (坐視する)

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ざし【座視】

～する look on unconcernedly [idly, with indifference]; sit idly by and watch; remain an idle spectator [onlooker].

●彼の窮状を座視するに忍びない. I cannot sit idly looking on [at] his distress. | I cannot sit and watch him in his plight and do nothing [without lending a helping hand].