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What's the Japanese equivalent of saying "None of your business", or "None of
your concern"?
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What's the 日本語 equivalent of saying "That's none of your business"?
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)._
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Here are a couple common phrases:

余計{よけい} なことするな。

君{きみ}の知{し}ったことじゃないよ。

For future reference, for common phrases like this, if you go to jisho.org,
select the "Sentences" tab and plug in the word/phrase, you will typically get
a variety of sentences showing different ways of saying the word/phrase you're
looking for.
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> 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. < **from Tommy's answer** >

We don't say this kind of direct phrase to others usually in Japan, but you
can hear the phrase like "None of your business", or "None of your concern" in
a family.

Boys and girls at a rebellious age sometimes would say towards their parents
放｛ほ｝っといて！ or 放｛ほ｝っといてよ！when their parents try to be concerned about their
children.

放っといて is pronounced ほっといて _hottoite_ or ほうっといて _hoottoite_ , and formally it
is said 放｛ほう｝って置｛お｝いて, which means _"Leave me alone"_.

Even in Japan, a strong-minded woman may sometimes say flatly or even **with a
pretended gracious manner** to the same sex opponents usually in her work
place; 放｛ほ｝っといてくれる, 放｛ほ｝っといてくれますか or 放｛ほ｝っといてください, besides 邪魔｛じゃま｝しないで or
構｛かま｝わないでくれる meaning _It's none of your business_. [![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8MukO.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8MukO.jpg)
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You didn't mention the context, but if you're among close friends (or maybe if
said jokingly at a drinking party to be funny) you could say:

お前関係ないだろ！

Omae kankei nai daro!

A word of caution: under no circumstances should you say the above in a formal
situation or when addressing people you are not close to.
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Generally, I think あなたにはかんけいないです or あなたにはかんけいのないことです are pretty good
substitutes. 余計なお世話 is similar, but in my opinion, it doesn't quite have the
same nuance; I feel like 余計なお世話 means something more along the lines of
"you're sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong," or "nobody asked you
to do this, so keep out of it." On the other hand, かんけいない really does have a
similar meaning to the English phrase--"It has nothing to do with you" is a
pretty literal translation of it, so you can see why it works pretty well. It
should go without saying that you should be very careful if you actually plan
to say these things to people, and you should consider whether or not to say
them at all.
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In Japanese, there is a way to express "none of your concern" at _least_
offensive tone yet send through a strong meaning of not to meddle with
someone's else issue.

> あなたには 関わりのない事です。
>
> [The issue] has nothing to do with you;
>
> You have no relation with this [issue].

The word `関わり` means relation or connection (the verb counterpart is `関わる`).
So when the word is negated, `関わり` (in relation) becomes `関わりのない` (no
relation).

The sentence can be expressed with neutral or serious tone, depending on the
speaker expression and status quo. There are some variations that may be heard
likewise.

> あなたとは なんの関わりが ございません。
>
> 君とは 関わりのない事だ。

Because it holds such a strong meaning, the sentence is usually used between
strangers and people with relationship gap. One shall _not_ use these
sentences against good friends.

**References**

  * [関わり on Jisho.org](http://jisho.org/word/%E9%96%A2%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8A)
  * [係わり・関わり on コトバンク](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BF%82%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8A%E3%83%BB%E9%96%A2%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8A-226869)
  * [関わり on Weblio辞書](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E9%96%A2%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8A)
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Since nobody else has said it yet, I would point out that the word 迷惑 also has
some of the implications of the English. Although it's more often used to mean
"making a nuisance of yourself" generically, rather than trying to solve other
people's problems specifically.
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Other very modest expressions for the person:

ご[心配]{しんぱい}には[及]{およ}びません: It's not the case you mind.
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