Grammar - Grade 1 List View

Review these list items to study and edit your keyphrase and other memory aids.
Grammar Point
particle
prt 
word usually written using kana alone
uk 
A Keyphrase should be a short phrase that brings to mind and helps to remember the information on this frame.
など

et cetera, etc., and the like, and so forth

Noun + など

など is used after nouns or noun phrases to indicate that the items mentioned are just examples of a larger group. It implies that there are other similar things that are not being explicitly mentioned.

This formation lists one or more items as representative examples of a category.

I bought apples, oranges, and so on.

I like sports such as soccer.

Note

In formal writing or speech, など is often used. In casual conversation, it is frequently replaced by なんか or なんて. When used with multiple nouns, the particle や is often used between the nouns, and など follows the final noun.

Words: 
等など
抔など
Radicals of radicals