Particle に to enumerate things?

Question

I encountered several sentences where に was used—from my deduction of the context—to enumerate things. For example a character about to go somewhere, checks his bag if he has everything he needs : 2:「忘れ物は？」 1:「大丈夫ー」 1:「－だと思うけど確認しておこう」 1:「**バンデージにタオルに**」 1:「**トランクス**」 I tried searching this grammar but couldn't satisfy my curiosity. Why and how に is used to enumerate things? I understand that it is basically used to tell the time, place, directions, cause, ect... But I'm lost on how to understand it used in that way.

Answer 1

In the example you brought up here, this に means “and” . The person is checking to see if he has everything he is supposed to take with him in his bag.

So, it could also be simply said バンテージ、タオル just like a listing of items.

In an informal conversation among friends and family, “に” is often used instead of “と” when you are listing three or more things. Also, he might be thinking and reconfirming (in his head )about what he is supposed to take as he is checking, which case “ に”is more natural to use “に”.