我われ関かんせず焉えん

expression

no concern of mine; nothing to do with me

A set phrase expressing complete indifference or detachment, often with a nuance of aloofness. The final 焉 is a classical sentence-ending particle that adds a literary or emphatic tone.

See also: 我関せず

• 彼かれはいつも「我われ関かんせず焉えん」という態たい度どで、周まわりの問もん題だいに無む関かん心しんだ。

  He always has an attitude of 'it's no concern of mine' and is indifferent to the problems around him.

• 会かい議ぎで意い見けんを求もとめられても、彼かれは我われ関かんせず焉えんとばかりに黙だまっていた。

  Even when asked for his opinion at the meeting, he remained silent as if to say it had nothing to do with him.