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JLPT N2Written, formal

に関かんして・に関かんするconcerning; regarding (formal)

について in formal dress: it marks what a question, a notice or a report is about. Before a noun it becomes に関かんする.

How to form it

Noun + に関かんして

Writing often shortens it to に関かんし. Business email and announcements stretch it to に関かんしまして.

Before a noun

Noun + に関かんする + noun

環かん境きょうに関かんする本ほん, a book on the environment. に関かんしての exists, but に関かんする is the usual one.

Before it
The matter in hand: この件けん (this matter), 契けい約やく (a contract), 安あん全ぜん性せい (safety), 個こ人じん情じょう報ほう (personal data).
After it
Asking, answering, explaining, announcing. After に関かんする, a noun such as 質しつ問もん, 情じょう報ほう, 調ちょう査さ or お知しらせ.
Where you'll meet it
Business email, notices, forms, reports, the news. Spoken too, at work and in interviews.

In use

に関かんして or について?

The meaning is the same. について is at home anywhere. に関かんして is the voice of a company, an office or a newsreader, and among friends it can sound like an announcement.

Close neighbours

に関わるN2

A verb, 関かかわる: one thing has a bearing on another. Usually something serious is at stake: a life, safety, a reputation.

をめぐってN2

An issue that several sides argue, compete or negotiate over: "over". What follows is usually their dispute.

Check yourself

1Which one fits?

これは入にゅう学がく手て続つづき(  )お知しらせです。

Choose an answer to see why.

2Which one fits?

小ちいさなミスでも、会かい社しゃの信しん用よう(  )。

Choose an answer to see why.

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