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関 kanji
connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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カン
Kun readings
せき-ぜきかかわるからくりかんぬき
Variant forms
關Words with 関
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —関税譲許tariff binding
- —二次関数quadratic function
- —骨関節症osteoarthritis
- —資本関係capital ties
- —事実関係all facts (of a case, incident, etc.)
- —対立関係antagonism
- —敵対関係hostile relations; hostile relationship
- —関門海峡Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)
- —親戚関係relations; members of extended family
- —愛人関係being lovers
- —関係省庁the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities
- —関係当局relevant authorities; competent authorities; authorities concerned
- —競合関係competitive relationship; rivalry
- —共犯関係complicity (in a crime); collusion
- —血縁関係blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
- —主従関係the relation of master to servant; homage; master-slave relationship
- —勢力関係power relations; balance of power (between)
- —前後関係context (of a passage)
- —対外関係foreign relations; international relations; external relations; diplomacy
- —対等関係equal relationship; (being on an) equal footing
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