〜とか〜とか
Things like 〜とか〜とか
Meaning
Lists a few examples out of many — "things like ~ and ~".
Formation
[noun / plain verb] + とか + [noun / plain verb] + とか
Notes
Casual — や is the neutral written equivalent and among its uses is the same job. とか can also soften a single item to sound less definite: コーヒーとか飲みませんか. Unlike や, it attaches to verbs as well as nouns.
Examples
休（やす）みの日（ひ）は本（ほん）を読（よ）むとか映画（えいが）を見（み）るとかしています。
On days off I do things like read and watch films.
Breakdown
りんごとかみかんとか、果物（くだもの）が好（す）きです。
I like fruit — apples, mandarins, that sort of thing.
Breakdown
コーヒーとか飲（の）みませんか。
Would you like a coffee or something? (softening a single item)
Breakdown
掃除（そうじ）とか洗濯（せんたく）とか、家事（かじ）が多（おお）くて大変（たいへん）です。
Cleaning, washing — there is so much housework it is exhausting.
Breakdown
疲（つか）れているとか忙（いそが）しいとか、いつも言い訳（いいわけ）をします。
He is always making excuses — he is tired, he is busy, and so on.
Breakdown
⚠️ Often confused with
〜と〜
And / with と
Two uses: (1) connects nouns in a COMPLETE list ("A and B, and nothing else"); (2) "togeth...
〜や〜(や〜など)
Incomplete list や
Connects nouns in an INCOMPLETE list — "A, B, and so on." Implies there are other things n...