とかなんとか

-とかなんとか

or something; or the like; or words [something] to that effect.

●とかなんとか言って or (with) words to that effect

・とかなんとか言いわけして with excuses of that sort [suchlike excuses].

●彼は「そんなつもりでは…」とかなんとか口の中でつぶやいた. He muttered something like “I never intended that….”

・いつも仕事だとかなんとか言ってちっとも家にいないんだから. He's never at home, always saying that he has work to do, or something of the sort.

・そこは地質学研究所とかなんとかいう施設だった. That was a facility called a geographical research institute or something.