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類縁関係 (ruienkankei) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

類るい縁えん関かん係けい

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Meanings

1

close relationship; affinity

Refers to a close or intimate connection, often used in formal or academic contexts to describe relationships between concepts, groups, or entities.

この二ふたつの言げん語ごには類るい縁えん関

かん

係けい

が

ある

。

These two languages have a close relationship.

類るい縁えん関かん係けいにある企き業ぎょう同どう士しが協きょう力りょくした。

Companies with close ties cooperated with each other.

Kanji

類sort, kind, variety
縁affinity, relation, connection
関connection, barrier, gateway
係person in charge, connection, duty

Related words

密みっ接せつな関かん係けい
A more common, everyday expression for a close relationship, while 類縁関係 is more formal and often used in technical or academic writing.

Built from

類るい縁えん+関かん係けい

Etymology

Compound of 類縁 (affinity, relationship) and 関係 (relation). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is used in modern Japanese to denote a close or analogous relationship.