~を~として
〜wo〜toshite
JLPT N2 Neutral
Formation
Noun1 + を + Noun2 + として
Express 'as', 'in the capacity of', or 'taking something as...'.
When to use
The everyday "as/in the capacity of", with を explicitly marking the treated-as object.
Explanation
The grammar pattern 「~を~として」 is used with nouns to indicate taking one thing 'as' or 'in the role of' another. It shows how a certain noun is being viewed or utilized.
Example sentences
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He works as a teacher.
Kare wa kyoushi o shokugyou toshite hataraite imasu.
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She accepted the role of leader.
Kanojo wa riidaa o yakuwari toshite ukeiremashita.
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We trust him as one of our own (a close companion).
Watashitachi wa kare o nakama toshite shinrai shite imasu.
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This artist creates works with tradition as the foundation.
Kono aatisuto wa dentou o kiban toshite sakuhin o tsukurimasu.
Capacity (As / In The Role Of)
Corpus examples (60)
お客様を脅迫して契約をサインさせるとは、銀行員として許すべからざる行為である。
Forcing customers to sign a contract by using threats is an unforgivable act as a bank employee.
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If you act like a child, you will be treated as such.
私たちの学校は3人のアメリカ人を交換留学生として受け入れた。
Our school accepted three Americans as exchange students.
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Not all Americans speak English as their mother tongue.
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The devout Christian persists in his belief.
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The devout Christian persists in his belief.
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She is a native speaker of French.
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French developed from Latin.
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She cherished the child as her own.
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He treats me as an adult.
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He promised that he would treat John as his own son.
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I'll treat this play simply as a tragedy.
私の理解では、ロビンソンはこの要素を二次的なものとして扱っている。
In my understanding, Robinson treats this element as secondary.
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The police are treating his death as a case of murder.
ざっくばらんにすべきです。そうすれば彼らは君を仲間として扱うだろう。
You should be frank, and they will treat you as a friend.
クラスを全体として扱ってはいけません。それぞれの生徒に注意を向けなければいけません。
You can't treat the class as a whole, but must pay attention to each member.
日本では流暢に日本語を話す白人ですら,日本人として扱ってもらえなかったものです。
In Japan, even the whites who spoke Japanese fluently were not dealt with as Japanese.
死刑は重大な犯罪を犯したものに贖罪を果たさせる方法として扱われています。
The death penalty is used as a method for making those who have committed crimes atone for what they have done.
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It is still a mystery why he suddenly left the town.
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The fact remains that he accepted the money.
ハリソンがこの作品をパロディとして意図していなかったという証拠は、エヴァンズ夫人へ当てた手紙に見ることができる。
Evidence that Harrison did not intend this work to be a parody can be seen in his letter to Mrs. Evans.
とある映画を文庫化した—いや、映画の為に書かれたシナリオを小説として加筆修正し、日本語にローカライズしたものだ。
A certain movie was novelized - rather it was a scenario written for a movie that was expanded as a novel and localized to Japanese.
このことを背景知識として、ここで進化論生物学の現状についての考察に移ろう。
With this as background I turn now to an account of the present state of evolutionary biology.
冗談をおもしろいと思うかどうかは、主として育った場所による。
Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.
残念ながら、多くの子供たちが、そうした自己中心的な大人たちを手本として育っている。
Regrettably, this self-centered behavior is absorbed by their children.