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に関して details

Examples

about N; regarding N — the subject matter under discussion, in a stiffer register than について

そのけんかんして、なにってる?

sono ken ni kanshite, nanika shitteru?

Do you know anything regarding that matter? casual

事故じこ原因げんいんかんして、現在げんざい調査ちょうさつづいている。

jiko no gen'in ni kanshite, genzai mo chousa ga tsuzuite iru.

An investigation is still ongoing regarding the cause of the accident. neutral

本件ほんけんかんしまして、担当者たんとうしゃよりご連絡れんらくげます。

honken ni kanshimashite, tantousha yori go renraku sashiagemasu.

Regarding this matter, our representative will contact you. formal

Formation

Notes

に関する is the adnominal form before a noun: 環境かんきょうに関する記事きじ "an article regarding the environment."

Related patterns

Similar

  • Both skew formal/written, but において marks the SETTING or domain something occurs or applies within (会議において決定された "was decided at the meeting"), while に関して marks the SUBJECT MATTER being discussed (会議に関して意見がある "have an opinion regarding the meeting") — the two overlap only when the setting and the topic happen to be the same noun.

  • Both mark the topic under discussion, but について is the everyday default in both speech and writing, while に関して skews formal/written even once the surrounding sentence turns casual — 週末について聞いてもいい? reads unmarked, its に関して twin still reads a shade stiffer even in casual conversation.

Lookalikes

  • Both take the shape に+kanji+して and both can loosely translate "regarding," but に関して names the SUBJECT MATTER under discussion (この問題に関して話し合う "discuss regarding this problem"), while に対して marks the target of an action or attitude and cannot introduce a mere topic of conversation the same way.