a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relationship between mothers and their children"人々の関係頼り
例:The relationship between mothers and their children. 母親と彼女の子供との関係。
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries人々、団体、または国家間で相互に関係を持つ状態関連
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption血縁、結婚、または養子縁組による関連性または結びつき類縁
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"人と人がつながっている状態(とくに感情的なつながり)食い合い