N2 Results, Change, and Progress

~にともなって/~にともない/~にともなう: meaning, usage and examples

~にともなって/~にともない/~にともなう means: along with... / as... / accompanying...

Updated 9 November 2026 · By the My Senpai team · Spotted a mistake? Tell us

Examples

1. 経済発展けいざいはってんにともなって、環境問題かんきょうもんだいが増ふえた。

   Along with economic development, environmental problems increased.

2. 年齢ねんれいにともなう体力たいりょくの低下ていかは避さけられない。

   The decline in physical strength accompanying age is unavoidable.

3. 人口じんこうの増加ぞうかにともない、住宅じゅうたくが不足ふそくしている。

   With the growth in population, there is a shortage of housing.

4. 工事こうじにともなう騒音そうおんについて、住民じゅうみんから苦情くじょうが出でた。

   Residents complained about the noise from the construction work.

When to use it

Says that when one thing changes or happens, another change happens together with it. It is used for large-scale changes such as society, technology, prices and population. For example, 人口じんこうの増加ぞうかにともない、住宅じゅうたくが不足ふそくしている means "with the growth in population, there is a shortage of housing." にともなう links to a noun: 工事こうじにともなう騒音そうおん.

Nuance

Formal and mostly written, typical of news, reports and notices. にともない is the most formal. Both clauses describe changes or events, not the speaker's personal choices or feelings. In conversation, people more often say につれて or a simple で.

Compare

につれて focuses on gradual, proportional change: 年としをとるにつれて、体からだが弱よわくなる. にともなって can be a single event that brings another: 引ひっ越こしにともない住所じゅうしょが変かわる. とともに is broader and can also mean "together with a person": 家族かぞくとともに暮くらす. にともなって cannot be used for people.

Tip: If you could say "along with" or "due to" in a news report, にともなって fits. Remember the noun-modifying form にともなう + Noun.