など
など
hepburn nado
etc., and so on
Part of speech · particle
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- りんごやみかんなどを買った。I bought apples, oranges, and so on.
- 東京や大阪などの大都市。Big cities like Tokyo, Osaka, and others.
Collocations
など (nado, etc.)AやBなどなどの (nadono)などとなんか (casual)
Mnemonic
Nado (など) is "etc. / and so on" — B + no-cluster exemplifying particle. Pairs with ya (non-exhaustive list): A ya B nado. Casual nanka, formal tou. Korean deung / ttawi and Chinese deng / zhilei parallel; Japans register split.
Quick check
Ya + nado?