Illustration: At a hands-on exhibit in a Japanese science room, a child gently pulls a handle connected by one clearly visible cord to a small suspended bell. The cord passes over a simple pulley, and the tightened line lifts the bell's clapper into its rim.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

関かん係けい

kankei

relationship, connection

Example sentences

  1. これとあれはどういう関係かんけいがあるの。

    How is this connected to that?

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  2. 両者りょうしゃの間あいだに関係かんけいはない。

    There is no connection between them.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. だから何なに？関係かんけいないわ！

    So what? It doesn’t matter to me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 関係

  • 関connection; barrierOnカンKunせき・かかわる・からくり
  • 係person in charge; connectionOnケイKunかかる・かかり・かかわる

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