- kotogara matter, thing, affair, circumstance
Use in formal writing or speech to refer to a matter or affair abstractly; less common in casual conversation than こと.
その事柄については後で話しましょう。
Sono kotogara ni tsuite wa ato de hanashimashou.
Let's talk about that matter later.
彼は事柄の本質を見極めるのが上手い。
Kare wa kotogara no honshitsu o miwakeru no ga umai.
He is good at discerning the essence of things.
⚖️ Often confused with こと (koto), but 事柄 is more specific and formal, referring to discrete matters.
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