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Japanese particle

Particle と

Connects a complete list of nouns, marks companionship, or closes a quotation.

Examples

おじいさんとおばあさんthe old man and the old woman

いぬきましたwent with the dog

Compare

と gives a complete list or marks “with”. Compare with や, which gives examples from a larger list.

Practice in context

Use Study Mode in the J-Accelerate app to highlight this particle inside story sentences, then open the word detail popup for the same overview, examples and comparison notes. Native speaker audio is available for every particle and story sentence.

Practice in the app