connective N2 uncommon politewritten

に関係なく — regardless of

に関係なく ・ にかんけいなく

Meaning

Key sentence

Anyone can take part, regardless of age.

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
Noun N + に関係かんけいなく 天気てんきに関係かんけいなく / 経験けいけんに関係かんけいなく

When: Slightly formal; states that the outcome is unaffected by the factor named, common in rules and announcements.

Examples

We hire regardless of whether you have experience or not.
The match will be held regardless of the weather.

Easily confused with

〜にかかわらず にかかわらず is the more formal/written twin meaning 'regardless of (a variable)'; に関係かんけいなく says the same thing in a plainer, more everyday way. 〜を問とわず を問とわず opens a category to all comers ('any ~ is welcome' — 経験けいけんを問とわず募集ぼしゅう); に関係かんけいなく states that the result does not change with the factor.

See に関係なく in real sentences

Jengo shows に関係なく the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

Study it in Jengo

Sources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar.

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