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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

相そう関かん

soukan

to correlate

Example sentences

  1. Ａ と Ｂ は相関そうかんする

    A is correlated with B

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  2. 相関そうかん関係かんけいを因果関係いんがかんけいとみなすのは典型的てんけいてきな誤謬ごびゅうである。

    It is a classic fallacy to mistake correlation for causation.

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  3. 当然とうぜんではあるが、生産石高せいさんこくだかと生産せいさんされる酒質しゅしつには何なんの相関そうかん関係かんけいもない。

    Of course, there is no correlation between the amount of sake produced and its quality.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 相関

  • 相inter-; mutualOnソウ・ショウKunあい-
  • 関connection; barrierOnカンKunせき・かかわる・からくり

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