<span class='name-highlight'>めがねちゃん</span>：「<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='564'>彼（かれ）</span>が<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='648'>昨日（きのう）</span>、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='333'>何（なん）</span>て言（い）ったか覚（おぼ）えてる？」<br /> <span class='chui'>ヤンキー君</span>：「<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='643'>明日（あした）</span>、１１<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='651'>時（じ）</span>ごろに<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='506'>学校（がっこう）</span>の<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='395'>前（まえ）</span>で会（あ）おう<strong><strong>とか</strong></strong>言（い）っていたようだけど、定（さだ）かではない。」

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='844'>社長（しゃちょう）</span>は年末（ねんまつ）年始（ねんし）に<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='765'>温泉（おんせん）</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='633'>旅行（りょこう）</span>に行（い）ってらっしゃる<strong>とか</strong>。

AKB48という<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='1062'>音楽（おんがく）</span>グループは解散（かいさん）<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='138'>する</span><strong>とか</strong>。

とか vs. って vs. という vs. と言われている

<div class='writeup-body'>Being a combination of the particles と and か, <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='339'>とか</span> 'quotes' the previous statement as being something that has been heard, but is unconfirmed or uncertain. In English, this translates as 'I heard something like (A)', or '(A) or something was said'.<br><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='339'>とか</span> may appear after verbs, い-Adjectives, な-Adjectives, or nouns.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>遠藤（えんどう）さんと近藤（こんどう）さんが結婚（けっこん）する<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='339'>とか</span>。意外（いがい）じゃない？</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I heard that Endo-san and Kondo-san are getting married or something. Isn't that surprising?</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>あの大手（おおて）家電（かでん）メーカーが開発（かいはつ）した最新（さいしん）のスマホはたくさんのブロートウェアがインストールされているせいで動作（どうさ）がものすごく重（おも）い<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='339'>とか</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I heard that the latest smartphone developed by that major appliance manufacturer performs extremely slow because of all the bloatware that comes installed, or something like that.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>高橋（たかはし）くんの彼女（かのじょ）が美人（びじん）だ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='339'>とか</span>。あんなやつに美人（びじん）な彼女（かのじょ）ができたとは信（しん）じられないけどな。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I heard that Takahashi's girlfriend is beautiful or something. I can't believe that a guy like that could have a beautiful girlfriend, though.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>あの人（ひと）は実（じつ）はお金持（かねも）ちだ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='339'>とか</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I heard that person is actually rich or something.</div></li></ul>This meaning of 'or something' when using <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='339'>とか</span> is fairly casual and will often be heard in everyday conversation.<div class='writeup-caution'>Caution - This combination of と and か may appear the same as the とか used to indicate lists, but the former is simply a combination of the case-marking particle と, and the <span class='info-highlight' data-term='副助詞・ふくじょし'>adverbial particle</span> か, while the latter is a single <span class='info-highlight' data-term='並立助詞・へいりつじょし'>listing particle</span>. Despite this, both structures are originally combinations of と and か, and may be thought to have some overlap in meaning.</div></div>

Grammar Info

とか

I heard that… something like, he/she/it said ... or something