Lingakuなど
Frequency rank: 99.
- et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forthword usually written using kana alone
- or somethingword usually written using kana aloneafter an approximate quote or vague suggestion
- the likes ofword usually written using kana alonelessening the significance or value of the previous word
- for example; for instance; for oneword usually written using kana alone
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Generated definitions (experimental)
- et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
- or something
- the likes of
- for example; for instance; for one
"など" is used in Japanese to indicate a non-exhaustive list or to give examples without limiting them to the ones mentioned.
This usage of "など" is similar to saying "or something" in English when suggesting possibilities or alternatives.
He stays healthy by jogging or something like that.
"など" is used to mean "the likes of" when referring to similar things or individuals.
He is influenced by great writers, the likes of Shakespeare.
In this context, "など" is used to give specific examples or instances.
Generated collocations (experimental)
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- きごう（ふくじょし副助詞きごう）たいげん体言・じゅんたいげん準体言にせつぞく接続し、どうしゅ同種のじぶつ事物のうちだいひょうてき代表的なもののれいじ例示・れっきょ列挙をあらわす表す．.
- きごう（ふくじょし副助詞、おもに主にこうご口語、しばしばきごう「なぞ・なんぞきごう」にてんか転訛きごう）おおく多くのもののひとつにすぎない過ぎないのがんい含意から、とる取るにたりない足りないもの、かち価値のひくい低いものをあらわす表す．.
- しかしわたくし私はいっぱんに一般にぶるぢよあブルヂヨアさっか作家ともくされて目されているゐるところ所より、おまえお前などがべんご弁護するひつようが必要がないといはれるかもしれない知れない．.きごう（あくたがわ芥川りゅうのすけ龍之介きごう『ぷろれたりあぶんがくプロレタリア文学ろん論きごう』きごう）
- きごう（ふくじょし副助詞、けいしきてき形式的にれいじ例示することによってきごう）えんきょく婉曲やるいじ類似をあらわす表す．.
Example sentences
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Traffic was also disrupted including the suspension of the Akita, Tohoku bullet train.
It's only the anti-war pinkos who say things like Saddam isn't a threat.
It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.
It also has a strong flavour, and adds depth to Chinese food such as soups and stir-fries.
It gets cold in the mornings and evenings, so I want to take care how I dress.
Me? I can't even begin to draw buffalo, deer and horses so you can tell them apart.
Powders of aluminium, magnesium, silicon, etc. explode.
In order to isolate him from bacteria, and such, he is not allowed visitors.
The checked player must find a way for the king to escape and block the check.
"Pet loss" refers to the reactions of shock and anger that occur in owners who have been bereaved of their pets.
Good doctors explain things to patients in easily understandable ways, using anatomical models and such.
There are frequent instances of malicious door-to-door selling, such as pushing water purifiers on people after carrying out water quality tests without permission.
When you start taking medicine it begins working on symptoms, like pain, right away, but that doesn't mean that the ulcer heals right away.
When warm, light, air crosses mountains it rises into the upper atmosphere and does not fall back to the ground. In this, and other, ways wind changes with the terrain.
At that time, NATO bombed the bases of the Bosnian Serbs.
I think that, as he's using addictive substances like thinner, the chance of rehabilitation is low.
Suffixes, 1: "-ion" creates nouns that show the meaning of 'action, state, process, results,' and so on.