人事
also: たにんごと
Meanings
1
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
Refers to matters that do not concern oneself. Often used in expressions like 人事ではない (it's not someone else's problem) or 人事のように (as if it were someone else's problem).
Environmental issues are no longer someone else's problem.
He talked about his own failure as if it were someone else's affair.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉は人事ではないthis isn't just someone else's problem (it concerns me too)
The news about the earthquake isn't something I can dismiss as someone else's problem.
- 人事のように〈動詞〉to act/speak as if something were someone else's problem
He always talks about it as if it were someone else's problem.
- 〈事〉を人事だと思うto regard something as none of one's own concern
You shouldn't think of your friend's troubles as none of your business.