関係
かんけい
hepburn kankei
relationship, relation
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 二人はどんな関係ですか。What is the relationship between the two of them?
- その問題は私には関係ありません。That problem has nothing to do with me.
Collocations
関係がある関係がない人間関係関係を作る関係なく
Mnemonic
関係 kankei — 関 (a barrier, a gate-bolt) + 係 (to bind, to connect). The two kanji together picture "binding things together" — a relationship. 関係ない (to be unrelated) is very common in speech. It extends into 人間関係 (human relations). 関 is the shinjitai form.
Quick check
Which correctly says "it has nothing to do with me"?