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伴う (ともなう) — to accompany | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

伴う

ともなう

godan verbtransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1to accompany
2to bring with
3to go hand in hand with
4to be consequent upon
5to be accompanied by
6to take with

Example sentence

産業化は往々にして公害を伴うものだ。

Industrialization often goes hand in hand with pollution.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

伴Consort, Accompany, Bring With7 strokes

More words with 伴

同伴どうはん · accompanying 伴奏ばんそう · accompaniment

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