と
See also: ど
Japanese
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 止 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable
と (romaji to)
- 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, こ𛄲 (𛄲)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, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2
⟨to2⟩ → */tə/ → /to/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tə.
Particle
- with
- (when between nouns) and (In this sense, と can be reduplicated)
- a particle following a phrase or clause describing the detail, content or manner of the action, similar to a complement.
- if (when appended to a dictionary-form verb and followed by a present-tense sentence)
- when (when appended to a dictionary form verb and followed by a past-tense sentence)
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
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 3
Noun
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