Grammar
N5 connective

Among other things 〜たり〜たりする

Meaning

Lists representative actions — "doing things like A and B". Implies other activities took place as well. The verbs take the ta-form base + り.

Formation

Notes

Use the same first part as the ta-form (e.g. 食べる→食べ, 読む→読んだ→読んだり). Final する conjugates for tense: した, します.

Examples

On weekends I do things like read books and watch movies.

Breakdown
weekend (topic) book (object) read (among others) movie (object) watch (among others) do

Yesterday I did things like shopping and cleaning.

Breakdown
yesterday (topic) shopping (object) do (among others) cleaning (object) do (among others) did

In my free time I do things like listen to music and take walks.

Breakdown
free time (na modifier) when (topic) music (object) listen (among others) walk do (among others) do

I spend my evenings doing things like watching TV and reading.

Breakdown
evening (topic) TV (object) watch (among others) book (object) read (among others) do and spend (time)

On my days off I just sleep and laze about.

Breakdown
day off (modifier) day (topic) sleep (among others) wake up (among others) am doing