との
“That … / According to … (as a quoted content)” → Used to attribute information, statements, judgments, or reports to a source, functioning as a quotative modifier before a noun.
N1
Meaning
“That … / According to … (as a quoted content)” → Used to attribute information, statements, judgments, or reports to a source, functioning as a quotative modifier before a noun.
Formation
Clause (plain form) + との + Noun
Noun + だ + との + Noun
Explanation
との is the noun-modifying form of the quotation marker と.
It is used when the speaker wants to say:
“the report that …”
“the view that …”
“the claim that …”
The key points are:
the information is reported or attributed, not asserted directly
the speaker maintains distance and neutrality
the focus is on the content as information, not on who said it
This grammar is very common in:
news articles
official announcements
reports and documents
JLPT N1 reading passages
💡 Core nuance:
“X, as stated / reported / claimed.”