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noun
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).
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He talked about his own failure as if it were someone else's affair.
Kanji 他 other, another, the others Similar words 人じん 事じ Homograph read じんじ, meaning 'personnel affairs' or 'human resources'. Context usually distinguishes the two.
我わ が 事こと Antonym meaning 'one's own affair'. 人事 is often contrasted with 我が事.
Etymology Compound of 人 (ひと, person) and 事 (こと, matter), literally 'other person's matter'. The reading ひとごと is a regular sound change from ひと + こと, with rendaku voicing of こと to ごと.
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