我が事

Japanese

Kanji in this term
我	事
わ Grade: 6	こと Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Nominal phrase, composed of 我(わ) (wa, “I, me”) + が (ga, genitive or possessive particle in Old Japanese) + 事(こと) (koto, “thing, matter, affair”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わ​がこと [wáꜜ gà kòtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ ɡa̠ ko̞to̞]

Noun

我(わ)が事(こと) • (wa ga koto) 

1. one's own affairs, one's own business, matters of concern to oneself