に伴って
(Ni tomonatte)
accompanying / along with / as X progresses.
Connection rules
- ＋Noun + に伴って / に伴い; V plain + の + に伴って.
- ＋Formal register — common in news, reports, and academic writing.
- ＋に伴い is the slightly more literary variant.
Examples
1.
少子化に伴って、学校が減っている。
Shoushika ni tomona te, gakkou ga he te iru.
Along with the declining birthrate, the number of schools is decreasing.
「accompanying / along with / as X progresses」
2.
経済成長に伴い、都市化が進んだ。
Keizai seichou ni tomonai, toshi ka ga susun da.
Along with economic growth, urbanization progressed.
「accompanying / along with / as X progresses」