What is the word 'and' when translated from English to Japanese?

Answer 1

The Japanese word for "and" is to. (pronounced toh, as in toe)

Addendum:
The particle 'to' when used to mean 'and' only connects two or more nouns within a sentence, not phrases. For example, "Kare ha Ringo to banana o katta." "He bought an apple and a banana." To connect two phrases, you can use "soshite."

"Kare ha Ringo o katta. Soshite, banana mo katta." "He bought an apple. And, he bought a banana."

Addendum 2:
You can also use "mo." However:
1) "Mo" is specifically intended to be more intense than "to." It is used to denote either
a) that the two (or more) items are treated more as a single unit ["friends AND enemies"];
b) that the two are significant and/or surprising together ["eat cake AND pie"; "drink beer AND wine"];
c) that the item is in addition to something mentioned before [as in the Addendum 1 example: "AND, he bought a banana"].

i.e.: "Hon to zasshi (o) kaimashita." = "I bought a book and a magazine."
while
"Hon mo zasshi mo kaimashita." = "I bought BOTH a book and a magazine," "I bought a book AND a magazine."

2) Unlike with "to," which connects as simply as English "and," you must append "mo" after every item in the series.
"Nooto mo fuutoo mo boorupen mo enpitsu mo kaimashita." = "I bought a notebook, and an envelope, and a ball-point pen, and a pencil."
The "mo" after "enpitsu" is necessary even though no more in the list follows it.
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There are several ways to do this in Japanese. One very simple way is to use the word 'soshite.' It is used to connect two sentences, and not used in the middle of a sentence to connect words together. To connect nouns, [As in the sentence "I drank coffee and tea,"] you use to word 'to.' These are written (in the order of 'soshite' and 'to'): そして　　と

Answer 2

"and" =

Either "そして" [so-shi-te], which is usually used between clauses, or "と" [to], which is usually used between nouns, etc.