particle N3 common casualpolitewritten

にとって — for / to (from someone's standpoint)

にとって

Meaning

Key sentence

For me, family is the most important thing.

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
Noun (usually a person or group) N + にとって(は); N + にとっての + N (adnominal) 学生がくせいにとって / わたしにとっての宝物たからもの

Examples

For children, play is important.
This decision carries great significance for the company.
For foreigners, keigo is difficult.

When you can't use it

Easily confused with

See にとって in real sentences

Jengo shows にとって the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

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Sources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.

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