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Japanese Particle など (nado)

The particle など is used for: Non-exhaustive List (And so on / Etc.) (JLPT N4). The particle 'など' (nado) is placed after items to indicate that the list is non-exhaustive, meaning 'etcetera' or 'and so forth'.

Context Example

本やペン[など]を買いました。
Hon ya pen nado o kaimashita.
I bought books, pens, and so on. (Role: Etcetera)
Which particle matches the function "Non-exhaustive List (And so on / Etc.)" (e.g. inside "本やペン[ ]を買いました。")?
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