connective N2 common writtenliterary

および — and

および

Meaning

and / as well as — a formal conjunction joining nouns or noun phrases in writing

氏名しめいおよび住所じゅうしょをご記入きにゅうください。

Please fill in your name and address.

Attaches to	Form	Example
Between nouns / noun phrases	[N] および [N]	保護者ほごしゃおよび教員きょういん

土曜どようおよび日曜にちようは休業きゅうぎょういたします。

We are closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

応募者おうぼしゃの氏名しめい、年齢ねんれいおよび職業しょくぎょうを記載きさいする。

List the applicant's name, age, and occupation.

Stiff and bureaucratic — at home in contracts, application forms, and official notices. For listing more items, 並ならびに ('and also') often pairs with it to group sets. Kanji form 及び.

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

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