関連性(かんれんせい)

かんれんせい
noun
relevance; relatedness; connection
1. relevance; relatedness; connection
The quality or degree of being connected or pertinent to something. Used in formal, academic, and legal contexts to describe the logical or factual connection between things.
関連性(かんれんせい)が高(たか)い情報(じょうほう)を集(あつ)める。
Gather highly relevant information.
この二(ふた)つの事件(じけん)に関連性(かんれんせい)はあるのか。
Is there a connection between these two incidents?
研究(けんきゅう)テーマとの関連性(かんれんせい)を明確(めいかく)にした上(うえ)で、資料(しりょう)を選(えら)ぶべきだ。
You should select materials after clarifying their relevance to the research topic.

Formed from 関連(かんれん) (relation, connection) + 性(せい) (nature, quality). While 関連(かんれん) simply indicates a connection exists, 関連性(かんれんせい) emphasizes the degree or quality of that connection.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 関連性(かんれんせい)がある: to be relevant/connected
  • 関連性(かんれんせい)が高(たか)い/低(ひく)い: highly/poorly relevant
  • 関連性(かんれんせい)を示(しめ)す: to show relevance
  • 関連性(かんれんせい)を否定(ひてい)する: to deny a connection
  • 関連性(かんれんせい)が認(みと)められる: relevance is acknowledged

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 関係(かんけい): relationship — broader and more colloquial; used for human relationships and general connections
  • 関連(かんれん): connection, relation — states a link exists without evaluating its strength
  • 相関(そうかん): correlation — specifically statistical or proportional relationship
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Added 2026.4.20 22:10
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