matter

Japanese: matter

…Koto is a distinctively Japanese concept of existence that is opposed to mono. The English words event and matter, the German words Sache and Sachverhalt, and the French words chose and fait are sometimes translated as koto, but the original ideas are different from these. There are some academic concepts similar to koto, such as objektiv, which was introduced by Meinong of the Graz School as an academic concept in his theory of higher objects, as well as concepts from the late Neo-Kantian school, the early phenomenological school, and the logical analysis school, but even these are quite far removed from koto. …

From [Substance]

…This word was established as a translation of the English word “matter” and means something. The word “matter” comes from the Latin word “materia,” which originally meant “tree trunk,” or literally “material” (lumber for building a house), but it has come to refer to the materials of various things in general. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "matter" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈こと〉は〈もの〉と対立する優れて日本的な存在概念である。英語のevent,matter，ドイツ語のSache,Sachverhalt，フランス語のchose,faitなどを時によっては〈事〉と訳す場合もあるが，元来の発想はそれらとは異質である。グラーツ学派のマイノングが，高次対象論において学術的概念として導入した〈objektiv〉をはじめ，後期新カント学派，初期現象学派，論理分析学派などの学術的概念のなかには〈こと〉に類するものがないわけではないが，それらとて〈こと〉とはかなりのへだたりがある。…