Japanese

Stroke order

Syllable

と ‎(romaji to)

1. The hiragana syllable と ‎(to). Its equivalent in katakana is ト ‎(to). It is the twentieth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is た行お段 ‎(ta-gyō o-dan, “row ta, section o”).

Derived terms

• ど ‎(do)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Particle

と ‎(romaji to)

1. with

   僕 (ぼく)と行 (い)きたい？

   Boku to ikitai?

   Do you want to go with me?

   あなたと一緒 (いっしょ)に行 (い)きます。

   Anata to issho ni ikimasu.

   I will go with you.

2. (when between nouns) and

   彼女 (かのじょ)は英語 (えいご)とフランス語 (ご)が話 (はな)せる。

   Kanojo wa eigo to furansugo ga hanaseru.

   She can speak English and French.

   それとこれ。

   Sore to kore.

   That and this.

3. used as a quotation

   「海 (うみ)へ！」と叫 (さけ)んだ。

   “Umi e!” to sakenda.

   "To the sea!" he cried.

4. if (when appended to a dictionary-form verb and followed by a present-tense sentence)

   勉強 (べんきょう)すると分 (わ)かる。

   Benkyō suru to wakaru.

   If you study, you'll understand.

   円高 (えんだか)が進 (すす)むと、日本経済 (にほんけいざい)が混乱 (こんらん)する。

   Endaka ga susumu to, nihon keizai ga konran suru.

   If the high yen continues, the Japanese economy will be in dire straits.

   二 (に)と三 (さん)を掛 (か)けると六 (ろく)になる。

   Ni to san o kakeru to roku ni naru.

   If you multiply two and three, they make six.

5. when (when appended to a dictionary form verb and followed by a past-tense sentence)

   マンハッタンへ行 (い)くと、大学 (だいがく)の友達 (ともだち)に会 (あ)った。

   Manhattan e iku to, daigaku no tomodachi ni atta.

   When I went to Manhattan, I met a friend from university.

Usage notes

• と ‎(to) in the sense of "and" can only be used to conjoin nouns; not verbs or sentences. They are joined by conjugation.
• と ‎(to) in the sense of "and" implies that the list is complete. In the above sentence, the subject only speaks English and French. To imply other items, the particles とか ‎(toka) or や ‎(ya) are used in lieu of と ‎(to). The particle など ‎(nado, “etc., and so on”) can be appended to a list of nouns conjoined by と to imply that there are other items on the list.
• と ‎(to) in the sense of "if" can be interchangeable with the conditional particles ば ‎(ba) and たら ‎(tara)/なら ‎(nara) if the conditionals describe a hypothetical effect of an action.
• When と ‎(to) is used in the meaning "when" it implies that something happened abruptly. See とき ‎(toki).

Derived terms

• って ‎(tte)