1.
opposite shore; far bank; other side (of a river, lake, etc.)
The shore or bank on the opposite side of a body of water such as a river, lake, or strait.
対岸が見える。
I can see the opposite shore.
対岸に渡るには船が必要だ。
You need a boat to cross to the other side.
対岸の火事だと思っていたが、自分にも影響が出た。
I thought it was someone else's problem, but it ended up affecting me too.
The idiom 対岸の火事 means treating something as irrelevant because it doesn't directly affect you.
USAGE:
Often used literally for geography and figuratively in the idiom 対岸の火事 (a fire on the far shore), meaning someone else's problem that doesn't concern you.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 対岸の火事 (someone else's problem — lit. fire on the far shore)
- 対岸に渡る (to cross to the opposite shore)
- 川の対岸 (the opposite bank of a river)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 向こう岸: the other shore — more colloquial equivalent
- 此岸: this shore — literary opposite