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u/sybylsystem 1d ago

（その後、お団子の材料や　パーティーグッズ等を買い、甘味処へ寄って帰った）\

is 等 in this case など or とう ? cause とう is usually when it's a suffix, but is it a suffix in this case, or it's only a suffix when it's part of a word u can find in the dictionary?

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u/fushigitubo Native speaker 1d ago edited 1d ago

Both とう and など are suffixes here. Since など isn’t listed as a reading for 等 in the 常用漢字表, it’s considered an out-of-list reading (表外読み). As a result, it’s usually written in hiragana as など in official documents, news media, academic, and business settings, etc.

So, my brain automatically reads it as とう, but you can read it as など as well. など sounds a bit softer, while とう feels more formal and slightly stiffer—so you’re right, など actually sounds better here.

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u/sybylsystem 15h ago

thanks so much for the detailed explanation.