アンド

also: エンド

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

conjunction

and

usually written using kana alone

Loan-style conjunction used mainly between nouns, names, product words, titles, or labels. In ordinary Japanese sentences, と is usually the natural equivalent of English 'and'.

この雑ざっ誌しはファッション＆カルチャーを扱あつかっている。
This magazine covers fashion and culture.
コピー＆ペーストのやり方かたを教おしえてください。
Please teach me how to copy and paste.

noun

AND; Boolean AND operator

logic

Only when written ＡＮＤ

Technical noun for the logical operator that is true only when both conditions are true; Restricted this sense to ＡＮＤ.

検けん索さく条じょう件けんをＡＮＤでつなぐと、両りょう方ほうの語ごを含ふくむ結けっ果かだけが出でる。
If you connect the search terms with AND, only results containing both words appear.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉＆〈物あんど〈もの〉used to join two nouns in titles, names, or product labels
ロミオ＆ジュリエットは有ゆう名めいな物もの語がたりだ。
Romeo and Juliet is a famous story.
〈語ご〉ＡＮＤあんど〈語ご〉used between search terms to require that both conditions match
「猫ねこ AND 犬いぬ」で検けん索さくすると両りょう方ほうを含ふくむページが出でる。
Searching for 'cat AND dog' shows pages containing both.

Related words

とN1sense 1
と is the ordinary Japanese particle for 'and' between nouns, while ＆ is a borrowed symbol used mainly in titles, brand names, or labels.
論ろん理り積せき sense 2
論理積 is the standard Japanese technical term for the Boolean AND operation, while ＡＮＤ is the operator's name or notation itself.
及およびN1sense 1
及び is a formal written 'and' used in official documents or legal-style lists, whereas ＆ appears in casual or commercial contexts like product names.

Don't confuse with

ＮＯＲ
ＡＮＤ returns true only when all inputs are true, whereas ＮＯＲ returns true only when all inputs are false, so learners can mix up the truth conditions.

Written forms

アンドUsage27%
Standard katakana spelling for the general conjunction use; the conjunction sense is usually written in kana.
ａｎｄUsage73%
- アンド
  Full-width roman-letter spelling; mainly useful in stylized Japanese text.
- エンド
  irregular kana usage
＆Usage<1%
- アンド
  Common symbol spelling in names, labels, advertising, and compact noun pairings; read アンド.
- エンド
  irregular kana usage
エンドUsage<1%
irregular kana usage
Attested irregular kana/pronunciation variant; not the normal spelling for the ordinary conjunction アンド.
ＡＮＤ
Uppercase full-width spelling used for the Boolean operator sense in logic, computing, and search conditions.

Etymology

This word represents the English-looking word or symbol 'and' in Japanese katakana and full-width forms, but no formal language-of-origin annotation is specified.