made まで

Particle meaning: untill, to, (from...) through, up to, as far as, before




1. after noun expressing temporal/spatial/quantitative limit
火曜日から土曜日まで旅行に行きます。
Kayoubi kara doyoubi made ryokou ni ikimasu.
I'll be travelling from Tuesday through Saturday.
事務所は来週の水曜日まで閉まっています。
Jimusho wa raishuu no suiyoubi made shimatte imasu.
The office is closed through next Wednesday.
京都までの切符を二枚ください。
Kyouto made no kippu o ni mai kudasai.
Give me two tickets for Kyoto, please.
東京まで新幹線で行きます。
Toukyou made shinkansen de ikimasu.
I'm going as far as Tokyo on the shinkansen.
二十五ページまで読んでください。
Ni juu go peeji made yonde kudasai.
Please read up to page twenty five.
この車は五人まで乗れます。
Kono kuruma wa go nin made noremasu.
This car can hold up to five persons.

2. After dictionary form of verb
雨が止むまで喫茶店で休みましょう。
Ame ga yamu made kissaten de yasumimashou.
Let's take a rest in the coffee shop until it stops raining.
次の電車が来るまで十五分ある。
Tsugi no densha ga kuru made juu go fun aru.
There are fifteen minutes until the next train comes.
-> See also: kara, made ni

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