と
と
hepburn to
and, with (companion)
Part of speech · particle / conjunction
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 友達と話します。I talk with a friend.
- パンとミルク。Bread and milk.
Collocations
と (to, with / and)友達と~と一緒に (to issho ni)AとB~と思う (to omou, quote)
Mnemonic
To-with (と) is "with / and / quote" — B + no-cluster multi-use particle. Four roles: (1) companion (tomodachi to); (2) full enumeration (A to B); (3) quote marker (~ to omou, ~ to iu); (4) change / result (otona ni naru to). Korean wa / hago / rago split and Chinese he / yu split parallel; Japans 4 systematic.
Quick check
To 4 uses?