と

• IPA^(key): [to̞]

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 止 in the cursive sōsho style.

と • (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”).

• ど (do)

• (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, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

⟨to₂⟩ → */tə/ → /to/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tə.

と • (to) 

1. (case-marking)
   2. with; marks a companion, partner, etc. that an action is done with

      僕(ぼく)と行(い)きたい？ ― Boku to ikitai? ― Do you want to go with me?

      友達(ともだち)と話(はな)していた。 ― Tomodachi to hanashite ita. ― I was talking with a friend.

   4. can be optionally attached to some adverbs to (slightly) highlight the explanatory nature of the adverb

      そよそよと風(かぜ)が吹(ふ)く。 ― Soyosoyo to kaze ga fuku. ― The breeze blows gently.

   5. marks the result of a transformation; (turn) to, into

      Synonym: に (ni)

      氷(こおり)と化(か)す ― kōri to kasu ― become, turn to ice

      小(お)川(がわ)が集(あつ)めて大河(たいが)となる。

      Ogawa ga atsumete taiga to naru.

      Small streams gather and turn into large rivers.

   7. follows a phrase or clause describing the detail, content or manner of an action; commonly used to mark dialogue or thoughts

      「お願(ねが)い！」と言(い)った。 ― “Onegai!” to itta. ― "Please!" I said.

      なんだと！？ ― Nan da to!? ― What!?

      これはダメだと思(おも)います。 ― Kore wa dame da to omoimasu. ― I think this won't work.

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        交戦(こうせん)で北朝鮮兵死亡(きたちょうせんへいしぼう)と米紙(べいし)

        kōsen de Kita-Chōsen-hei shibō to beishi

        North Korean troops die in skirmish, according to US news

   8. (archaic, outside fixed expressions) when used with the same verb twice, used to mean "every"; constructed using the ren'yōkei first, followed by the rentaikei

      ありとあらゆる ― each and every

      生(い)きとし生(い)けるもの ― iki to shi ikeru mono ― all living things

3. (parallel-marking) used to join nouns; and

   それとこれ ― sore to kore ― that and this

   英語(えいご)とフランス語(ご)が話(はな)せる。

   Eigo to furansugo ga hanaseru.

   I can speak English and French.

   犬(いぬ)と猫(ねこ)を私(わたし)は飼(か)っている。

   Inu to neko o watashi wa katteiru.

   I have the dog and the cat.

4. (conjunctive, attaches to a conjugable word in shūshikei) used to express co-occurrence or causality of events
   1. marks an action, after which something else happens in succession; (soon) upon (doing something), when

      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.

      • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 38, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:

        私(わたくし)が家(いえ)へはいると間(ま)もなく俥(くるま)の音(おと)が聞(き)こえました。

        Watakushi ga ie e hairu to mamonaku kuruma no oto ga kikoemashita.

        Shortly after I arrived home I heard the sound of a rickshaw.

   2. marks a condition which, whenever met, causes something to happen; whenever; if

      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.

   3. marks a condition of which one wishes to express a reasonably expectable consequence; if

      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.

   4. marks a short preface to something one is about to say

      はっきり言(い)うと、だめだ。 ― Hakkiri iu to, dame da. ― Put clearly, no.

• Adverb-marker sense (etymology 2 sense 1.2): See Japanese adverbs optionally taking と.
• "And" sense (etymology 2 sense 2):
  • Like many parallel-marking particles, may be attached to all nouns listed (AとBとCと), but it is more common nowadays to omit the final one (AとBとC).
  • Note that it only joins nouns, not verbs or sentences. See the conjunctive auxiliary て (te).
  • The list is implied to be complete. See とか (toka), や (ya), やら (yara), etc. for expressing nonexhaustive lists; alternatively, など (nado, “etc.”) may be appended to a list of nouns joined by と (to).

• や (ya)
• とは (to wa)

と • (to) 

1. short for と金 (tokin): a promoted 歩兵 (fuhyō, “pawn”) that moves like a 金将 (kinshō, “gold general”)

と • (to) 

1. (Kyūshū, final) indicates emphasis or a question

   Synonyms: (standard) の, (Tosa) が

   そんなことなかとよ。 ― Sonna koto naka to yo. ― Not at all.

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