といった

The expression といった is used to list examples of a broader category, similar to "such as," "like," or "things like" in English. It is placed after one or more nouns that serve as representative examples, followed by the noun they exemplify or modify.

Basic usage – listing examples

といった typically follows one or more example nouns (often connected by や or とか) and comes before a broader category noun.

The examples given are not exhaustive – といった implies there are other items in the category as well.

Compared to など

Both といった and など can express "such as," but といった sounds slightly more formal and literary. In casual speech, など or とか are more common.

This could also be expressed as さっかあサッカーややきゅう野球などのすぽうつスポーツ, with a very similar meaning.

といったことはない / といったものではない

When combined with negative expressions, といった can form patterns meaning "it's not the case that…" or "there is no such thing as…":

Notes

• といった is the past form of という (which literally means "called" or "that is called"), but in this usage it functions as a set phrase for listing examples.
• It is used in written Japanese, news articles, essays, and formal speech.
• The examples listed before といった are always nouns (or noun phrases).