係

Meaning

係 centers on being linked or tied to something: a connection, a duty that binds a person, or the person in charge of that responsibility. The idea of concerning oneself follows naturally from being involved in a connection.

• 関係かんけい
  N4

  relation; relationship; connection

• 係かかり
  N3

  charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

• 係るかかる

  to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by

• 係数けいすう

  coefficient

• 係長かかりちょう
  N1

  subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk

• 係員かかりいん

  person in charge; official; attendant

• 係争けいそう

  dispute; contention; conflict; controversy

• 係留けいりゅう

  mooring; anchorage

• 連係れんけい

  connection; linking; linkage; link; liaison; contact; coordination

• 係官かかりかん

  official in charge

• 係属けいぞく

  connection; relation; association; affiliation

• 係船けいせん

  mooring a ship; moored ship

• 関係者かんけいしゃ

  person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

• 人間関係にんげんかんけい

  human relations; personal relationships

• 無関係むかんけい
  N1

  unrelated

• 連係プレーれんけいプレー

  (good) teamwork; team play

• 利害関係りがいかんけい

  interests; stake

• 相関関係そうかんかんけい

  correlation; interrelation; intertwining

• 三角関係さんかくかんけい

  love triangle; eternal triangle

• 友好関係ゆうこうかんけい
  N3

  (establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)

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