and (complete list); together with

Between nouns, to joins them in a complete list: A to B means A and B and nothing else. After a person, to means together with that person. It connects nouns only, not sentences or adjectives.

Examples

• 犬いぬと猫ねこがいます。

  Inu to neko ga imasu.

  There are a dog and a cat.

• 友達ともだちと買かい物ものに行いきました。

  Tomodachi to kaimono ni ikimashita.

  I went shopping with a friend.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 犬 dog
• 猫 cat
• いる to exist (animate); to be
• 友達 friend
• 行く to go

Related patterns · Particles

• 〜は topic marker (as for ...)
• 〜が subject marker
• 〜を direct object marker
• 〜に（時間） at / on (a specific time)
• 〜に（行き先・相手） to (a destination or a person)
• 〜へ toward, to (direction)