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TRACK 8 · 8-4

や / とか: Non-Exhaustive Examples

Distinguish exhaustive と from representative や and conversational とか.

25 min
Before you begin
  • Basic noun particle と.
Why this matters

Real lists are often examples rather than complete inventories: logs, screenshots, documents, tests, meetings, hobbies.

1. Choose list semantics intentionally

と tends toward A and B as the listed set; や and とか mean A, B, and things like that.

Closed vs open lists
A + Bclosed/exhaustive-ish
A + B + etc.neutral representative
とかA + B + stuff like thatconversational representative