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Grammar detail: となると

となると
When it comes to~; Once that happens~
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plain form verb
noun
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となると
means
When it comes to~; Once that happens~
One of the simpler ways to use となると is when the speaker wants to say “when it comes to…”
もの
物
を
つく
作
る
となると、
わたし
私
は
ぶきよう
不器用
です。
When it comes to making things, I'm all thumbs.
かれ
彼
は
やきゅう
野球
をするとなると
だれ
誰
にも
おと
劣
らない
。
He is second to none when it comes to playing baseball.
せいじ
政治
の
はなし
話
となると、
かれ
彼
は
だれ
誰
にも
ま
増
して
ゆうべん
雄弁
になる。
When it comes to politics, he is as eloquent as anyone.
It is also used to state that once X happens Y will occur, or will be the outcome.
じっこう
実行
する
となると
むずか
難
しさ
に
き
気
づく
でしょう。
Once it comes to putting it into practice, they are sure to realize the difficulty.
####Distinguising となると from ともなると
ともなると is also frequently used to express 'once X happens Y will occur, or will be the outcome', however it tends to be used to talk about specific situations, or to give emphasis to the statement.
しごと
仕事
が
ご
5
ねん
年
め
目
ともなると
きんちょう
緊張
する
ばめん
場面
が
すく
少
なくなる
。
Once you get to your 5th year in a job, moments of nervousness lessen.
しゃかいじん
社会人
ともなると、
がくせい
学生
の
ころ
頃
のように
あさねぼう
朝寝坊
はしていられない。
Once you enter the workforce, even you won't be able to sleep in like you did when you were a student.
If the second sentence above used となる instead of ともなる the nuance changes. In English, this occurs with the remove of 'even you'.
社会人となると、学生の頃のように朝寝坊はしてられない。 Once you enter the workforce, you won't be able to sleep in like you did when you were a student.
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Kanji used in this grammar

社
シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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会
カイ   エ   あう to meet   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
学
ガク   まなぶ to learn   
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生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
頃
ころ time   
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朝
チョウ   あさ morning   
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寝
シン   ねかす to lay down   ねる to sleep, to lie down   
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坊
ボウ   ボッ    boy; monk; priest's residence, priest   
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物
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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作
サク   サ   つくる to make   
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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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不
フ   ブ    not   
器
キ   うつわ utensil   
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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野
ヤ   の field   
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球
キュウ   たま ball   
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誰
だれ who   
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劣
レツ   inferior   おとる to be inferior to   
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政
セイ   ショウ   まつりごと government   
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治
ジ   チ   おさめる to govern   おさまる to be at peace   なおる to get better   なおす to cure   
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話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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増
ゾウ   ます to increase/grow   ふえる to increase/multiply   ふやす to increase/augment   
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雄
ユウ   male; brave   お- brave; male   おす male   
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弁
ベン    dialect, speech; distinguish, discriminate   
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実
ジツ    fruit; reality   み fruit, nut   みのる to bear fruit   
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行
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆく    いく to go   おこなう to take place   
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難
ナン   むずかしい difficult   かたい hard   
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気
キ   ケ    spirit   
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仕
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
年
ネン   とし year   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
緊
キン    tight, tense, hard   
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張
チョウ   はる to stretch   
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場
ジョウ   ば place   
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面
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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