JLPT N5 · Particles
まで (made)
～まで — “until / up to ～”
In short · A particle for the end point of time, place or an ongoing action. 〜から〜まで shows both the start and the end.
Pattern
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時間・場所＋までtime or place + まで (五時まで) -
〜から〜まで〜から〜まで (from ... to ...)
Time
五時まで働きます means working continuously until five o’clock.
Place
It shows the end of a journey or range, as in 駅まで行きます.
Difference from までに
まで is how long an action continues. までに is a deadline by which it is done (六時までに帰ります).
Examples
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五時（ごじ）まで働（はたら）きます。
Goji made hatarakimasu.
I work until five o'clock.
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朝（あさ）から夜（よる）まで勉強（べんきょう）します。
Asa kara yoru made benkyō shimasu.
I study from morning until night.
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この電車（でんしゃ）は駅（えき）まで行（い）きます。
Kono densha wa eki made ikimasu.
This train goes up to the station.
Common mistakes
- Do not mix up まで and までに. For deadlines use までに.
- It is often paired with から.
More grammar points
- は は (wa) — the topic particle
- を を (o) — the object particle
- に に (ni) — time, destination, location
- で で (de) — place of action & means
- と と (to) — and / together with
- の の (no) — possessive & noun linker
- へ へ (e) — direction
- も も (mo) — also / too
- か か (ka) — the question marker
- から から・まで — from … to …
- より より (yori) — than (comparison)
- だけ ～だけ — “only ～”
- で ～で — place, means and cause
- が ～が — marks the subject
- か か — the question particle
- も ～も — “also / too”
- なあ ～なあ — sentence-final feeling
- ね ～ね — “..., right? / isn’t it?”
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