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N1 Lesson 10: 16/22

とのThat, To

Structure

Verb + との + Noun
［い］Adjective + との + Noun
［な］Adjective + (だ) + との + Noun
Noun + (だ) + との + Noun

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About との

との is a compound particle made up of the case-marking particle と in its quotation use, and the case-marking particle の. Effectively, this marks the previous statement as a quote, before の then indicates that the whole statement is an attribute of the following word. In many cases, this will simply be translated as ‘that’, or ‘to’.

As always with the quotation use of と, it will appear after almost any word, and may or may not be separated from nouns and な-Adjectives with だ.

This expression indicates that the preceding information is information of some type, and will therefore usually be followed by a noun that highlights what type of communication it was. Common examples include 提案(ていあん) ‘proposal’, 知(し)らせ　’notice’, 意向(いこう) ‘inclination’, 依頼(いらい) ‘request’, 見方(みかた) ‘point of view’, 指摘(してき) ‘pointing out’, 報告(ほうこく) ‘report’, etc.

Examples

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    多(おお)くの経済(けいざい)学者(がくしゃ)は、景気(けいき)が回復(かいふく)しつつあるとの見方(みかた)を維持(いじ)した。

    Many economists maintain the opinion that business conditions are in the process of recovering.

    政府(せいふ)関係(かんけい)者(しゃ)は電気(でんき)自動車(じどうしゃ)の普及(ふきゅう)を推進(すいしん)するとの意向(いこう)を強調(きょうちょう)した。

    The government officials stressed that their intention was to promote the popularization of electric vehicles.

    田中(たなか)さんは新(あたら)しい反(はん)トラスト法(ほう)が抜(ぬ)け穴(あな)だらけとの意見(いけん)を表明(ひょうめい)した。

    Mr. Tanaka made clear his view that the new antitrust law is full of loopholes.

    探偵(たんてい)の伝記(でんき)：「２００２(にせんに)年(ねん)、彼(かれ)は、南(みなみ)アフリカに連(つ)れて行(い)った男性(だんせい)の家出(いえで)人(にん)を探(さが)してほしいとの依頼(いらい)を受(う)けた。」

    The biography of a detective: 'In 2002, he received a request to find a runaway man that went to South Africa.'

    あの日(ひ)、 雪崩(なだれ)が発生(はっせい)したとの報告(ほうこく)もあったが、けが人(にん)が出(で)ているかどうかは確認(かくにん)されていなかった。

    That day there was also a report that an avalanche had occurred, but it was not clear whether any injured people had appeared.

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      との – Grammar Discussion

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      • Buks_12

        Buks_12

        May you please add a nuance sentence to this grammar point. Please add thank you.

      • casual

        casual

        Yes please! I’m using “nuance first” setting for hints, and this and a couple of other points don’t have those yet.

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