eki made no kyori wa mijikai.

The distance to the station is short.

Breakdown of eki made no kyori wa mijikai.

• は: topic particle
• の: possessive case particle
• 駅えき: station
• まで: limit particle

Questions & Answers about eki made no kyori wa mijikai.

What does まで mean here?

まで means up to, until, or in this kind of sentence, as far as.

In 駅まで, it means to the station in the sense of up to the station as a destination/end point.

So:

• 駅まで = to the station
• 駅までの距離 = the distance to the station

It is not the same as に, which often marks a destination of movement, as in 駅に行く = go to the station. Here, the sentence is talking about a distance, so まで is very natural.

Why is there の after まで?

The の connects 駅まで with 距離.

You can think of 駅まで as a phrase meaning to the station, and then の turns that into something that modifies the noun 距離.

So:

• 駅まで = to the station
• 駅までの距離 = the distance to the station

This is a very common pattern in Japanese:

• 学校までの道 = the road to the school
• 家から駅までの時間 = the time from home to the station

So の is acting like of or like a noun-linking marker.