<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='877'>結婚（けっこん）</span>の報告（ほうこく）<strong>かたがた</strong>、妻（つま）の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='354'>兄弟（きょうだい）</span>の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='511'>家（いえ）</span>を訪（たず）ねました

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='429'>同（おな）じ</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='324'>会社（かいしゃ）</span>で<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='348'>働（はたら）く</span>上司（じょうし）への<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='228'>メール</span>：「まずは<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='52'>お礼（れい）</span><strong>かたがた</strong>ご挨拶（あいさつ）申（もう）し上（あ）げます。」

恩師（おんし）の田中（たなか）<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='358'>先生（せんせい）</span>の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='511'>家（いえ）</span>を、お見舞（みま）い<strong>かたがた</strong>訪問（ほうもん）しました。

恩師（おんし）の訪問（ほうもん）：「本日（ほんじつ）は当時（とうじ）の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='52'>お礼（れい）</span><strong>かたがた</strong>、卒業（そつぎょう）して以来（いらい）<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='170'>どうして</span>いるかをご報告（ほうこく）しに訪（たず）ねさせていただきました。」

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='429'>同（おな）じ</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='324'>会社（かいしゃ）</span>で<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='348'>働（はたら）く</span>上司（じょうし）への<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='228'>メール</span>：「ご挨拶（あいさつ）<strong>かたがた</strong>訪問（ほうもん）をさせて頂（いただ）きたいのですが、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='643'>明日（あした）</span>のご都合（つごう）はいかがでしょうか。」

​​挨拶状（あいさつじょう）：「まずは<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='425'>右（みぎ）</span>ご挨拶（あいさつ）<strong>かたがた</strong>お知（し）らせ<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='360' data-vocab-id='992'>まで</span>。」

<div class='writeup-body'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='948'>旁（かたがた）</span> is a <span class='info-highlight' data-term='接続詞・せつぞくし'>conjunction</span> that will be seen primarily in hiragana. This word will be translated as ‘in addition to doing (A), (B)’, ‘along with (A), (B)’, or ‘incidentally to (A), (B)’. Both (A) and (B) usually have an equal level of priority, but (B) will have the nuance of ‘while (A), also (B) in passing’.<br>
<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='948'>かたがた</span> will attach to the end of a noun that marks (A), while (B) will often, but not always, mark a verb of action.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'>
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婚約（こんやく）の報告（ほうこく）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='948'>かたがた</span>、お父様（とうさま）とお母様（かあさま）に会（あ）いに行（い）きます。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>
I will go see (my partner’s) father and mother, partly for the purpose of letting them know about our engagement.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>


妊娠（にんしん）の報告（ほうこく）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='948'>かたがた</span>、相手（あいて）の両親（りょうしん）の家（いえ）を訪（たず）ねた。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>
I visited my partner’s parents, partly for the purpose of letting them know about the pregnancy.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'> 


お礼（れい）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='948'>かたがた</span>、そちらにお伺（うかが）いをしたいと思（おも）っています。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>
I would like to come visit you, partly for the purpose of thanking you.</div></li></ul>
In cases where (A) is a noun that would usually take する, the する will be omitted entirely.
<div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='948'>かたがた</span> is a formal structure that will primarily be seen in writing, but also has a tendency to be used as a part of either apologies or thanks. Due to this, it will tend to sound unnatural if there is no special purpose for the linked actions.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'>
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本棚（ほんだな）の整理（せいり）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='948'>かたがた</span>、春（はる）の大掃除（おおそうじ）をした。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>
I did some spring cleaning, partly for the purpose of cleaning out my bookshelf. (Unnatural Japanese)</div></li></ul></div></div>

Grammar Info

旁(かたがた)

Partly for (the purpose of), In addition to, Along with, By the way, And also to, Incidentally, While