「と」particle as a single concept? Does anyone have a way to think of the と particle as a single concept? I've found that I can summarise every other particle as a single concept so that all I usually need is context to understand what's going on, yet for と I have yet to accurately construct some kind of definition for, and thinking of と as a bunch of little meanings really doesn't work for me and usually causes me a lot of problems where I have to backup and re-read the sentence or stare at the sentence for a good 10 seconds or so to finally get it. Way too slow.