関係 かんけいづけたそうだ
kankei zuketa sōda

Ichidan Verb
Evidential Auxiliary

Expresses hearsay about a past event ("I heard that...") of 関係づける

1. It is said that [someone] related [it] to…; It is said that [someone] connected [it] to…

Past/Perfective
Hearsay Evidence