connective N1 uncommon writtenliterary

を介して — through

を介して ・ をかいして

Meaning

Key sentence

I got to know her through a friend.

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
Noun (a person, organization, or medium) N を介して

When: Written/formal — go-betweens, channels, vectors of transmission.

Examples

The two parties negotiated through their lawyers.
This disease is transmitted via mosquitoes.

Easily confused with

を通じて を通じて also means 'through / via a medium' and overlaps heavily. を介して specifically foregrounds an intermediary standing between two parties. を通して を通して emphasises sustained use of a channel or a whole span. を介して points to a single intermediary or agent in between.

See を介して in real sentences

Jengo shows を介して the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

Study it in Jengo

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

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