the thing itself
General noun meaning the object or matter in and of itself, without external considerations.
The problem is not his attitude but the value of the thing itself.
thing-in-itself (Kantian philosophy)
Technical term in Kantian philosophy for the noumenon, the object as it is independently of perception.
In Kantian philosophy, the thing-in-itself is considered unknowable.
Standard kanji spelling.
Kana-mixed spelling, common in less formal contexts.
Compound of 物 (もの, thing) + 自体 (じたい, itself). The philosophical sense is a translation of German 'Ding an sich'.