How can this phrase be translated?


In a song called [イノコリ先生] I found a phrase in the lyric which I could not
translate into a good understandable meaning from its individual meanings by
myself. [友達とは違う関係] . If I try to roughly translate it by myself, it would be
[with friend is a relationship that differs]?! And it doesn't make any sense.




It means our relationship is different than friends.

It's a bit hard to explain, but ... と is used to compare 2 things. "friend" is
1 of the things we are trying to compare, the other one is implied to be "what
is between us", then 違う関係 means a different relationship. So basically it's
like saying "friend" is not be the correct "relationship" to be "compared"
with "what we have". If that make any sense.

