What is the meaning of らと?

Question

I was reading this news article today:

In the heading and again in the text is 「山口智子らと共演」

My question is what is the meaning of the らと between Yamaguchi Tomoko and co-starring? I could not find any dictionary reference for it.

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score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 13 '15 at 06:54

「らと」 is two words, not one, which is why it will not be found in the dictionary.

「～～ら」 = "~~, etc."

「と」 = "with"

"Sadao Abe is co-starring with Kiko Mizuhara, Tomoko Yamaguchi, etc."

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 13 '15 at 07:29

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= 達と

水原希子、山口智子らと共演 → 水原希子、山口智子 & Others

edited Feb 13 '15 at 07:29

Earthliŋ

answered Feb 13 '15 at 06:48

ita_3y

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