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JLPT N2WrittenGiving examples

といったsuch as

Gives two or three examples just before the noun that names their kind: "grains such as rice and wheat". The examples come first and the kind comes last.

How to form it

Example(や example)+ といった + noun for the kind

など can close the list: 米こめや小こ麦むぎなどといった.

With こう, そう, どう

こういった/そういった/どういった + noun

The same as こういう, そういう and どういう: this kind of, that kind of, what kind of. Common in polite speech: どういったご用よう件けんでしょうか, "May I ask what this is about?"

Before it
Usually two or three examples, joined with や or with commas.
After it
Straight away, the noun that says what they are: 果物くだもの, 問もん題だい, 国くに.
Tone
Careful, like someone explaining.
Where you'll meet it
Articles, textbooks, reports, the news and presentations. In conversation people say とか or みたいな.

In use

The kind comes last

English names the kind first: "fruit such as apples". といった can't be turned around.

Not said: 果物くだものといったりんごやみかんが好すきです。

(I like fruit such as apples and mandarins.)

りんごやみかんといった果物くだものが好すきです.

Close neighbours

などのN4

The everyday way to do the same job, in speech and in writing.

のようなN4

Gives examples too, and it can also compare: 雪ゆきのような花はな is a flower white as snow. といった can't compare.

とか~とかN4

The spoken way to give examples. No noun for the kind is needed.

をはじめN2

Usually one example, the best-known, and the rest of the group follows.

Check yourself

1"I like sports such as tennis and swimming."

Choose an answer to see why.

2Which one fits?

彼かの女じょは太たい陽よう(  )人ひとだ。

Choose an answer to see why.

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