など
- Particle
- など
- Function
- Non-exhaustive listing 'such as'
- Level
- N4
- How it works
Attaches to nouns to list examples without being exhaustive, implying 'things like X and Y'.
- Example
Sushi ya ramen nado o tabemashita. I ate things like sushi and ramen.
- Versus
や (ya) lists non-exhaustive nouns directly, whereas など can conclude a list to explicitly mean 'and others'.