とともに

Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

usually written using kana alone

Expresses doing something together with someone/something, or two things happening at the same time. Also used in the pattern 'A とともに B' to mean 'as A changes, B changes' or 'along with A, B'.

家か族ぞくとともに新しん年ねんを祝いわった。
I celebrated the New Year together with my family.
年としを取とるとともに、体たい力りょくが落おちてきた。
As I've gotten older, my physical strength has declined.

Grammar

とともにtogether with; as … changesN3

Kanji

共together, both, neither

Related words

一いっ緒しょにN5
一緒に is a casual, everyday way to say 'together with', while と共に can also express simultaneous change or is used in more formal writing.
に伴ともなって
に伴って highlights a consequential or accompanying change in a formal context, whereas と共に more broadly covers accompaniment or simultaneity.
与むた
与（むた）is the archaic classical form meaning 'together with', while と共に is the standard modern expression used in contemporary Japanese.

Etymology

Combination of the case particle と ('with') and the noun 共 (とも, 'together'), followed by the particle に. The phrase grammaticalized into a fixed expression meaning 'together with' or 'as'.