事柄|ことがらkotogara[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmatter; thing; affair; circumstance
   君きみの関かんする事柄ことがらではない。↗

   That is no business of yours.

• Synonym物事ものごとNeutralA blanket term for things and matters in general, as in 「物事を考える」; broader in scope than 「事柄」, which zeroes in on a specific matter.
• Synonym事項じこうWrittenRefers to matters broken down into listed items, as in 「注意事項」; carries an official-document flavor, at home in formal prose rather than everyday talk.
• Synonym事物じぶつWrittenA written, academic word for things, stressing them as objectively existing objects; more bookish than 「事柄」.
• Synonym件けんNeutralA matter or case, as in 「例の件」; a staple of business conversation when referring to the specific issue under discussion.
• SynonymことWrittenAn individual concrete phenomenon; a philosophical term set against 「理」 (general principle), mostly met in scholarly writing and discussion.
• Related出来事できごとNeutralThings that happen or occur, as in 「今日の出来事」—whether by chance or by design; 「事柄」 instead centers on what a matter involves, its content.
• RelatedことWrittenAn individual concrete phenomenon; a philosophical term set against 「理」 (general principle), mostly met in scholarly writing and discussion.
• Related件けんNeutralA matter or case, as in 「例の件」; a staple of business conversation when referring to the specific issue under discussion.
• Related一件いっけんNeutralOne matter or case, as in 「一件落着」; stresses that it is a single item, while 「事柄」 focuses on a matter's content.
• Related事象じしょうWrittenAn academic word for events or phenomena, as in 「自然事象」; written register, common in scholarly and technical prose.
• Relatedその儀そのぎFormalA solemnly formal way to say 'that matter', the language of official documents and formal letters; far stiffer than 「事柄」.
• RelatedそのことNeutralA common colloquial way to say 'that matter', pointing to the specific thing in question; 「事柄」 names a matter generally.

Use 「事柄」 for a specific matter and its content, as in 「重要な事柄」. For things in general use 「物事」; for listed items 「事項」; for things that happen 「出来事」; for business matters 「件」; for phenomena 「事象」. 「その事」 is the colloquial way to point to the matter at hand, 「一件」 a single case; 「事物」 and 「事」 are written/academic, 「その儀」 stiffly formal.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 物事ものごとの様子ようす。物事ものごとの内容ないよう。