趣味（しゅみ）などを教（おし）えてください。

腰（こし）や背中（せなか）などが痛（いた）い。

イタリアやアメリカなどに行（い）きたい。

宿題（しゅくだい）をしてから、ゲームなどをゆっくりする。

フルーツはぶどうなどが好（す）きです。

明日（あした）から、準備（じゅんび）などをするつもりです。

数学（すうがく）などを勉強（べんきょう）します。

大学生（だいがくせい）などが行（い）きます。

お客（きゃく）さんはバスなどで来（き）ます。

お土産（みやげ）などを買（か）いました。

カレーなどの辛（から）いものが好（す）きです。

小説（しょうせつ）などを読（よ）むのが好（す）き。

<div class='writeup-body'>など is an adverbial particle that is used to express that something is being presented as an example, but that other things in the same category also exist. In this way, it is regularly translated as 'such as', 'things like', or 'and so on'. など may be used after nouns, to describe that (A) is being presented as an example from within a group. Alternatively, など can be followed by の (B), to show that (A) is only one type of thing from the broader category, (B).<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'> この公園（こうえん）では石（いし）などを投（な）げないでください。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Do not throw rocks and so on in this park.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>彼（かれ）はいつもルームメイトなどの悪口（わるぐち）を言（い）っています。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>He is always badmouthing people, like his roommates.</div></li> </ul>など is regularly seen in its kanji form, 等（など）. This kanji itself has a similar meaning to 'etc' in English. <div class='writeup-funfact'><div class='funfact-header'>Fun Fact</div>The kanji for 等（など） is also used in the pluralizing suffix, ら. Due to this, we can see that this kanji is regularly utilized to highlight something that exists as part of a larger group.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>鞄（かばん）や靴（くつ）等（など）を川（かわ）に捨（す）てはならない。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>You mustn't discard things such as bags and shoes into the river.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>あいつら本当（ほんとう）にうるさいね。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Those people are very noisy, don't you think.</div></li></ul>In the first sentence, など presents (A) as being part of a larger group of similar things. This is exactly the same thing that happens in the second sentence with ら.</div><div class='writeup-funfact'><div class='funfact-header'>Fun Fact</div>など is also sometimes written as なんか, and has an interchangeable meaning in many situations. However, なんか will never use the kanji form of 等（など）.</div></div>

Grammar Info

等(など)

Such as, Things like, Etc., And so on