と (to)

Meaning & usage

A particle which makes an adverbial clause, with a verb of saying/thinking/understood after it.

Example sentences 15

1. その学生はもうちょっとで百点が取れたのにと、悔しがった。

   That student felt chagrined that he could almost get 100 points.

2. テニスをしようと出かけたら、途中で雨が降ってきた。

   With the intention of playing tennis (literally: Thinking that I will play tennis) I went out, but on my way it started to rain.

3. 僕は今晩は酒を飲むまいと、まっすぐ家に帰った。

   I came straight home, thinking that I would not drink tonight.

4. 博物館は開いているかなと、電話してみた。

   (internal monologue): Wondering if the museum is open I called them.

5. 友達は長い間飼っていた猫が死んでしまったと、悲しがっていた。

   My friend looked sad, saying that a cat, which she kept for a long time, had died.

6. 変な音がしたなと、外に出てみたが、何でもなかった。

   Wondering what the strange noise was, I went outside, but it was nothing.

7. 外国語の能力は単語から文、文から段落、そして段落から複段落と、伸びていく。

   Foreign language proficiency develops from words to sentences, from sentences to paragraphs, and then from paragraphs to complex paragraphs.

8. 宿題を忘れたので先生に叱られるかもしれないと、ビクビクしていた。

   I forgot my homework so I feared that I might be scolded by my teacher.

9. 少しは体にいいだろうと、最近は散歩をしています。

   I thought it would make a small improvement to my body, so I am taking walks these days.

10. 年内に論文を仕上げようと、懸命に努力しているところです。

    Thinking that I should complete the paper before the end of the year, I am right now doing my very best.

11. 幸夫ゆきおは来年は家が買えると大変喜んでいる。

    Yukio is very happy that he can buy a house next year.

12. 彼にお礼を言おうとやって来たのに、ほかのことばかり話して、お礼を言うのを忘れてしまった。

    I came here intending to thank him, but I just talked about something else, and forgot to thank him.

13. 彼女と会うのもこれが最後かと、寂しかったのです。

    Thinking that this would be the last time to see her, I felt lonely.

14. 日本の四季は、春は三月から五月、夏は六月から八月、秋は九月から十一月、冬は十二月から二月までと、どの季節もほぼ同じ長さになっている。

    In Japan the four seasons are all of approximately equal length, in such a way that spring is from March through May, summer from June through August, autumn from September through November, and winter from December through February.

15. 父はまだ元気なようだと安心していたが、最近急に弱ってきた。

    I felt at ease, thinking that my father still looked healthy, but suddenly he began to grow weak.