Refers to the surrounding text or situation that clarifies meaning; used in reading comprehension, translation, and analysis.
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前後関係 literally means the relationship between what comes before and after, a more literal way to say what 文脈 conveys about linguistic or logical context.
Compound of 前後 (before and after) and 関係 (relation), literally 'before-after relation'.