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(2016-04-09, 7:25 pm)FlameseeK Wrote: I was reading this page on NHK easy on 介護 and couldn't quite understand one of the itens of the survey.

「国などの制度を利用しても十分な介護ができない」

I have no idea idea what they mean by 国などの制度. 制度 seems to have a very specific meaning here and I don't quite get why they decided to use など here either.

国などの制度 = "services such as those provided by the goverment."
The whole sentence translates to something like:

Even making use of services such as those provided by the goverment I could not give sufficient care.
Edited: 2016-04-09, 8:01 pm
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