対岸の火事

たいがんのかじ

Meanings

1. Expression, Noun someone else's problem (literally: fire on the opposite shore)

Kanji

• 対 against. Read as タイ.
• 岸 shore. Read as ガン.
• 火 fire
• 事 matter. Read as ジ.

Example sentences

• 対岸の火事で良かった。
  I am glad it was someone else who got it.

Word lists

• Idioms

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