What's the 日本語 equivalent of saying "That's none of your business"?


What's the Japanese equivalent of saying "None of your business", or "None of
your concern"?




In my feeling and personal experience "it's none of your business" is just one
of those sentences you don't hear that often in Japan most likely because it's
quite direct and (kind of) offensive. And as you know Japanese people tend to
avoid this generally.

That being said (and I might be wrong), it doesn't mean there is no way to say
it.

According to
[weblio](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/it%27s+none+of+your+business) and to a
native speaker I just asked to the closest translation is:

> 余計なお世話だ

In the sample sentences you can also find いらぬお世話だ and 大きに御世話だ **(*)** but the
first one I quoted above is translated as "none of your business" also by my
dictionary as a whole.

Probably another, more literal, way to say it would be: あなたには関係ないことだ。

Not being a native speaker it's hard to say which one of these would be more
natural and more commonly used though. As I said I believe the first one, but
maybe someone can leave a comment.

PS. Related to what I said in the beginning, it is interesting to notice how
in Japanese the literal translation is totally different. In fact, literally
it is like "(it is) an excess of favor/assistance (on your side)". If you
think about it this is very much in line with the Japanese way of saying
things indirectly. They are not telling you that something is not your
business, they are telling you that you are "minding too much" implying
between the lines that.. it's not your business. :)

I thought it could be interesting to add this (personal) interpretation as a
more "cultural" note.

**(*)** _Note in the comment that at this point it seems unclear if the
correct form is 大きに御世話だ (as in the reference weblio) or 大きな御世話だ (as Naruto
pointed out)._




In my feeling and personal experience "it's none of your business" is just one
of those sentences you don't hear that often in Japan most likely because it's
quite direct and (kind of) offensive. And as you know Japanese people tend to
avoid this generally.

That being said (and I might be wrong), it doesn't mean there is no way to say
it.

According to
[weblio](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/it%27s+none+of+your+business) and to a
native speaker I just asked to the closest translation is:

> 余計なお世話だ

In the sample sentences you can also find いらぬお世話だ and 大きに御世話だ **(*)** but the
first one I quoted above is translated as "none of your business" also by my
dictionary as a whole.

Probably another, more literal, way to say it would be: あなたには関係ないことだ。

Not being a native speaker it's hard to say which one of these would be more
natural and more commonly used though. As I said I believe the first one, but
maybe someone can leave a comment.

PS. Related to what I said in the beginning, it is interesting to notice how
in Japanese the literal translation is totally different. In fact, literally
it is like "(it is) an excess of favor/assistance (on your side)". If you
think about it this is very much in line with the Japanese way of saying
things indirectly. They are not telling you that something is not your
business, they are telling you that you are "minding too much" implying
between the lines that.. it's not your business. :)

I thought it could be interesting to add this (personal) interpretation as a
more "cultural" note.

**(*)** _Note in the comment that at this point it seems unclear if the
correct form is 大きに御世話だ (as in the reference weblio) or 大きな御世話だ (as Naruto
pointed out)._

