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困こまっている人ひとを見みて、手てをこまねいているだけではいけない。

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be troubled; be at a loss; be stumped

-> 困るgodan verb

ongoing or resultant state

人ひと

person; someone; somebody

noun

see; look; watch; view; observe

-> 見るichidan verb, auxiliary

connective te-form

手てをこまねい

fold one's arms; stand idly by; look on without intervening; lie in wait; be ready and waiting

-> 手をこまねくexpression, verb

and; and then; then; because; so; since; by; through; with; although; but; yet; connects to auxiliary verbs (e.g., ている, ていく); forms compound verbs (e.g., やって来る); please (do)

particle, conjunction

be; exist; stay; be ...-ing; have ...-ed; be ...-ed

ichidan verb, auxiliary

ではいけない。

must not; may not

-> てはいけないgrammar