物もの自じ体たい

noun

the thing itself

General noun meaning the object or matter in and of itself, without external considerations.

• 問もん題だいは彼かれの態たい度どではなく、物もの自じ体たいの価か値ちだ。

  The problem is not his attitude but the value of the thing itself.

noun

thing-in-itself (Kantian philosophy)

Technical term in Kantian philosophy for the noumenon, the object as it is independently of perception.

• カント哲てつ学がくでは、物もの自じ体たいは認にん識しきできないとされる。

  In Kantian philosophy, the thing-in-itself is considered unknowable.