Japanese particle
Particle や
Lists representative examples and implies that other items may also exist.
Examples
りんごやバナナを食べますI eat apples, bananas, and other things
土曜日は掃除や洗濯をしますOn Saturdays, I do things like cleaning and laundry
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や gives an incomplete example list. と gives a complete list.
Practice in context
Use Study Mode in the J-Accelerate app to highlight this particle inside story sentences, then open the word detail popup for the same overview, examples and comparison notes. Native speaker audio is available for every particle and story sentence.
Practice in the app