"とか" meaning in All languages combined

See とか on Wiktionary

Particle [Japanese]

Forms: toka [romanization]
Etymology: Case-marking particle と (to) plus adverbial particle か (ka) Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} とか • (toka)
  1. something like, some kind of; where the situation is unclear
    Sense id: en-とか-ja-particle-OrP~VdYQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle [Japanese]

Forms: toka [romanization]
Etymology: Parallel marking particle と (to) (used to join two words together in the same way as や (ya)) plus adverbial particle か (ka) Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} とか • (toka)
  1. such as, and so on; used when listing something part of a larger group of similar things
    Sense id: en-とか-ja-particle-48cC2Zvt Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 92 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 88 8 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 2 96 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 88 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 91 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 92 5
  2. or something, used to avoid stating something clearly and add vagueness
    Sense id: en-とか-ja-particle-dXal62hv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "like",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    "Pages with entries"
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    }
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          "and so on",
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      ],
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Download raw JSONL data for とか meaning in All languages combined (1.7kB)

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