particle N2 common casualpolitewritten
といった — such as
といった
Builds on という
Meaning
- such as ~ / ~ and the like — gives two or more representative examples that lead into a category
Key sentence
サッカーやテニスといったスポーツが好きだ。
I like sports such as soccer and tennis.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Example nouns (listed) + といった + category noun | [N、N] + といった + N | 犬や猫といった動物 / 中国やインドといった国々 |
Examples
頭痛や発熱といった症状が現れた。
Symptoms such as headache and fever appeared.
プログラミングやデザインといったスキルが求められる。
Skills such as programming and design are in demand.
Easily confused with
など など closes a list with 'and so on', and the category needn't be named; といった leads *into* a category head-noun, presenting the items as representative samples of it (AやBといったC). といった always points forward to the group word. や や loosely lists nouns ('A, B, among others'); といった does the same listing but then *labels the category* the examples belong to. They combine naturally: AやBといったC.
Notes
- Distinct from the surprise といった (一言といったところ). Here it's the example-listing use, almost always preceded by や joining the sample items and followed by the umbrella noun.
See といった in real sentences
Jengo shows といった the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar.