Leebo
at 2019-03-25 00:31:50 UTC
Do you have an example of a situation where you think no possible translations fit? It depends entirely on context, but I would say in news articles, my first guess would be the "to regard as" or "to suppose" meanings.
FruitChinpoSamurai
at 2019-03-26 16:20:02 UTC
Hey, so I found the grammar on Tae Kim's guide:
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/complete/trying
The article where I found the とする expression was this:
http://easyjapanese.net/news/34a5deb02636e7fd7e49c6a1d4e172d2
Apparently, it means "trying to do something", as Tae Kim says.
Leebo
at 2019-03-26 23:21:06 UTC
That's the first definition here on Jisho... so... well, okay, if you've got it now.
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How does this work?
It has a lot of meaning. I usually encounter this expression on news articles and can't seem to find a valid translation for it. Can somebody explain the grammar behind this?