対岸の火事

Japanese

Kanji in this term
対	岸	火	事
たい Grade: 3	がん Grade: 3	か Grade: 1	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
對岸の火事 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

対岸 (“opposite shore”) +‎ の (“possessive marker”) +‎ 火事 (“fire”). Compare Chinese 隔岸觀火／隔岸观火 (gé àn guān huǒ).

Idiom

対(たい)岸(がん)の火(か)事(じ) • (taigan no kaji) 

1. fire on the opposite shore, no skin off one's nose, someone else's problem

   これは決(けっ)して対岸(たいがん)の火事(かじ)ではありません。

   Kore wa kesshite taigannokaji de wa arimasen.

   This is definitely not just someone else's problem.