として・としては: "As a.../For..."

Introduction

As your guide through the vast veldt (consonance, anyone???) that is the Japanese language, I am happy to finally present today's grammar to you!

This piece of grammar is particularly useful when you want to talk about how you feel, personally, or when you want to get specific about from what "angle" you're approaching something. You'll see what I mean.

Let's get started!

として: As... (a politican/an alien/an apple/a Hawaiian pizza devotee/etc.)

構成こうせい

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  Nounとして

  Example:
  → 先生せんせいとしての意見いけんを聞きかせてください。
  ”Please let me hear your opinion as a teacher.”

So, today we'll be looking at 「～として」, which is very similar to the English "as" in sentences like "As a student, I can officially declare that our cafeteria's pizza is priced too high!".