など (nado) means “and so on” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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学校でえんぴつや消しゴムなどを使います。gak kō de e n pi tsu ya ke shi go mu na do o tsuka i ma su

I use pencils, erasers, and so on at school.

旅行には着替えなどが必要です。ryo kō ni wa ki ga e na do ga hitsu yō de su

For a trip, you need a change of clothes and so on.

Adds the sense that the named examples are only part of a wider group.

とかtoka: Indicates examples from a larger group in casual speech.
やya: Lists examples while leaving other similar items unstated.

挙げたものを代表例として、それ以外の同類のものもあることを表す語。a ge ta mo no o dai hyō rei to shi te so re i gai no dō rui no mo no mo a ru ko to o arawa su go

The Japanese particle など (nado) is a contraction of the older form なにど (nanido), from なに (nani, "what") and と (to, "and").

English speakers may connect など (nado) with "and so on," but it can follow a single example as well as a series, as in 本など (hon nado), "books and similar things."