〜とか

〜とか lists one or two representative examples out of many, leaving the rest unsaid. It is the casual, spoken equivalent of 〜や〜など, and is very common in conversation; avoid it in formal writing or essays. It usually appears twice (AとかBとか), but a single 〜とか is also used to soften a statement and make it sound less definite, e.g. 「コーヒーとか飲む？」. Note that 〜や only joins nouns, while 〜とか can also join verbs and clauses.

• 休みの日は洗濯とか掃除とかをします。

  やすみのひはせんたくとかそうじとかをします。

  On my days off I do things like laundry and cleaning.

• 疲れた時は、寝るとか甘い物を食べるとかするといいよ。

  つかれたときは、ねるとかあまいものをたべるとかするといいよ。

  When you're tired, you should sleep or eat something sweet or something like that.

• 週末、映画とか見に行かない？

  しゅうまつ、えいがとかみにいかない？

  Want to go see a movie or something this weekend?