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Japanese
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| 對岸の火事 (kyūjitai)
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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
対岸の火事 • (taigan no kaji)
- fire on the opposite shore, no skin off one's nose, someone else's problem
- これは決して対岸の火事ではありません。
- Kore wa kesshite taigannokaji de wa arimasen.
- This is definitely not just someone else's problem.