<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='849'>私（わたし）</span><strong>と共（とも）に</strong>論文（ろんぶん）の発表（はっぴょう）をしてくれませんか。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='543'>年（とし）</span>を<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='417'>取（と）る</span><strong>と共（とも）に</strong>、体（からだ）が動（うご）きにくく<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='594'>なる</span>一方（いっぽう）だ。

 <span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='37' data-vocab-id='148'>その</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='122'>シリーズ</span>本（ぽん）は怪奇（かいき）<span class=chui>で<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='676'>ある</span></span><strong>と共（とも）に</strong>、恐（おそ）ろしいと考（かんが）えられている。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='849'>私（わたし）</span>は<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='305'>今（いま）</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='166'>でも</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='782'>父（ちち）</span><strong>と共（とも）に</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='315'>仕事（しごと）</span>をしています。

心身（しんしん）<strong>共（とも）に</strong>健康（けんこう）だ。

今後（こんご）も妻（つま）<strong>と共（とも）に</strong>二人（ににん）三脚（さんきゃく）で、人生（じんせい）を歩（あゆ）んでいきたいと思（おも）っています。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='1070'>風（かぜ）</span><strong>と共（とも）に</strong>去（さ）りぬ。

仲間（なかま）<strong>と共（とも）に</strong>助（たす）け合（あ）い、なんとか頂上（ちょうじょう）に辿（たど）り着（つ）いた。

息子（むすこ）が<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='635'>日本（にほん）</span>に住（す）んでいるので、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='518'>寂（さび）しい</span><strong>と共（とも）に</strong>、誇（ほこ）りも<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='26' data-vocab-id='676'>あります</span>。

夜明（よあ）け<strong>と共（とも）に</strong>旅立（たびだ）った。

驚（おどろ）き<strong>と共（とも）に</strong>喜（よろこ）びが溢（あふ）れ出（だ）してきた。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='136'>スマホ</span>の普及（ふきゅう）<strong>と共（とも）に</strong>、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='801'>生活（せいかつ）</span>スタイルも変（か）わってきた。

<div class='writeup-body'>共（とも） is a noun in Japanese that is frequently used as a either a <span class='info-highlight' data-term='接頭語・せっとうご'>prefix</span>, or a <span class='info-highlight' data-term='接尾語・せつびご'>suffix</span>. In the case of <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='291'>と共（とも）に</span>, it is used in conjunction with the <span class='info-highlight' data-term='格助詞・かくじょし'>case marking particle</span> と as an adverb. <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='291'>と共（とも）に</span> expresses that (A) will happen 'together with (B)', or 'at the same time as (B)'.<br><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='291'>と共（とも）に</span> may be used after verbs, <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='24'>い-Adjectives</span>, <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='28'>な-Adjectives</span> or nouns. With <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='28'>な-Adjectives</span>, it will sometimes be preceded by <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='436'>である</span>.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>風（かぜ）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='10'>が</span>強（つよ）くなる<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='291'>と共（とも）に</span>雨（あめ）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='10'>が</span>降（ふ）っ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='128'>てきます</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>As the wind gets strong, it will start to rain.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='47'>あの</span>先生（せんせい）は厳（きび）しい<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='44'>が</span>、厳（きび）しい<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='291'>と共（とも）に</span>優（やさ）しい。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>That teacher is strict, but as strict as he is, he is also very kind.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>僕（ぼく）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='10'>が</span>住（す）ん<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='764'>でいる</span>場所（ばしょ）は静（しず）か<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='436'>である</span><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='291'>と共（とも）に</span>、空気（くうき）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='10'>が</span>綺麗（きれい）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='1'>だ</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>The place I live is very quiet, together with the air being clean.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>私（わたし）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='291'>と共（とも）に</span>人生（じんせい）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='21'>を</span>歩（あゆ）んでくれ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='82'>ませんか</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Would you please walk together with me forever. (歩（あゆ）む is a poetic way of saying 'to walk' that often means 'to travel a passage')</div></li></ul><div class='writeup-funfact'><div class='funfact-header'>Fun Fact</div><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='291'>と共（とも）に</span> is a structure that is used when two things are 'existing' in the same way. This means that it may be used to show mutual actions, or that it may be used to show mutual qualities (states of existence). Because of this nuance 'to be mutually (A)' is one of the closest literal translations of <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='291'>と共（とも）に</span>. (A) may be an action, an adjective, or even a noun!<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>年（とし）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='21'>を</span>取（と）る<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='291'>と共（とも）に</span>、身体（からだ）が<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='362'>どんどん</span>硬（かた）くなっ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='128'>てきた</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>As I get older, I am starting to get less flexible.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='30'>この</span>池（いけ）は綺麗（きれい）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='436'>である</span><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='291'>と共（とも）に</span>、危険（きけん）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='436'>である</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>This lake is beautiful and dangerous at the same time.</div></li></ul></div></div>

Grammar Info

と共(とも)に

together with, at the same time, as well as