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Today I came across the sentence, 「日本のスポーツと礼の関係について話しています。」 I scratched my head looking at this initially thinking the meaning of 関係 is relation/relationship, connection. Then I found out 関係 also has the meaning on (involvement). Does that mean this sentence translated to (Talking about Japanese sports and proper etiquette’s involvement/role)?
Thank you!
You don't have to overthink. AとBの関係 is just "relationship between A and B".
(<日本のスポーツ>と<礼>の関係)について話しています。
[Someone] is talking about (the relationship between <Japanese sports> and <rei>).
礼 basically means bowing, but as you know, it implies much more, and that's the theme of the speech. Still, the grammar of this sentence itself is simple.
