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Learn Hardcore Japanese: made - limit particle

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 4
/made

made

Word

までmade

Meaning

limit particle

Part of speech

particle

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of made

私わたし　は　毎日まいにち　学校がっこう　まで　歩あるきます。watashi wa mainichi gakkou made arukimasu.

I walk to school every day.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

昨日きのう　は　駅えき　まで　歩あるきました。kinou wa eki made arukimashita.

I walked to the station yesterday.

十時じゅうじ　まで　に　来こられなければ、　会議かいぎ　に　遅おくれます。juuji made ni korarenakereba, kaigi ni okuremasu.

If you can’t come by ten o’clock, you will be late for the meeting.

私わたし　は　駅えき　まで　歩あるいて　行いける。watashi wa eki made aruite ikeru.

I can walk to the station.

早はやめ　に　起おきれば、　駅えき　まで　歩あるいて　行いけます。hayame ni okireba, eki made aruite ikemasu.

If I wake up early, I can walk to the station.

山やま　の　頂上ちょうじょう　まで　歩あるく　と　景色けしき　が　もっと　よく　見みえます。yama no choujou made aruku to keshiki ga motto yoku miemasu.

If you walk to the mountain summit, the view looks even better.

急行きゅうこう　が　止とまらなければ、　次つぎ　の　駅えき　まで　行いく。kyuukou ga tomaranakereba, tsugi no eki made iku.

If the express doesn’t stop, I’ll go to the next station.

急行きゅうこう　が　満員まにん　なら、　広場ひろば　まで　歩あるけば　いい　と　思おもう。kyuukou ga manin nara, hiroba made arukeba ii to omou.

If the express is full, I think it’s fine to walk to the plaza.

母はは　は　車くるま　で　学校がっこう　まで　迎むかえ　に　来きます。haha wa kuruma de gakkou made mukae ni kimasu.

My mother will come by car to pick me up at school.

電車でんしゃ　が　来くる　まで、　ホーム　で　待まちます。densha ga kuru made, hoomu de machimasu.

I will wait on the platform until the train comes.

私わたし　は　明日あした　駅えき　まで　友達ともだち　を　迎むかえ　に　行いきます。watashi wa ashita eki made tomodachi o mukae ni ikimasu.

I will go to the station tomorrow to pick up my friend.

私わたし　は　最後さいご　まで　本ほん　を　読よみます。watashi wa saigo made hon o yomimasu.

I will read the book until the end.

締しめ切きり　まで　あと　一日いちにち　しか　ない　から、　今夜こにゃ　は　遊あそべない。shimekiri made ato ichinichi shika nai kara, konya wa asobenai.

There’s only one day left until the deadline, so I can’t hang out tonight.

私わたし　は　九時くじ　まで　に　宿題しゅくだい　を　終おわらせます。watashi wa kuji made ni shukudai o owarasemasu.

I will finish my homework by nine o'clock.

先生せんせい　は　会場かいじょう　まで　の　道みち　に　詳くわしい　から、　あと　で　メモ　を　もらう。sensei wa kaijou made no michi ni kuwashii kara, ato de memo o morau.

The teacher knows the way to the venue well, so I’ll get a memo later.

明日あした　まで　に　荷物にもつ　が　届とどかなかったら　迷惑めいわく　だ　から、　今夜こにゃ　は　しっかり　準備じゅんびして　おく。ashita made ni nimotsu ga todokanakattara meiwaku da kara, konya wa shikkari junbishite oku.

If the package doesn’t arrive by tomorrow, it will be a hassle, so I’ll prepare properly tonight.

締しめ切きり　まで　時間じかん　が　足たりないの　に、　彼女かのじょ　は　最後さいご　まで　頑張がんばる　つもり　だ。shimekiri made jikan ga tarinaino ni, kanojo wa saigo made ganbaru tsumori da.

Even though there isn’t enough time until the deadline, she plans to do her best until the end.

返信へんしん　に　書類しょるい　を　添付てんぷして、　期限きげん　まで　に　送おくって。henshin ni shorui o tenpushite, kigen made ni okutte.

Attach the document to your reply and send it by the deadline.

結局けっきょく　私わたし　は　駅えき　まで　歩あるきました。kekkyoku watashi wa eki made arukimashita.

In the end, I walked to the station.

夕方ゆうがた　まで　に　出席しゅっせき　か　欠席けっせき　か　を　アプリ　で　送おくって　ください。yuugata made ni shusseki ka kesseki ka o apuri de okutte kudasai.

By evening, please send whether you will attend or be absent via the app.

返品へんぴん　は　七日なのか　くらい　まで　可能かのう　です　か？henpin wa nanoka kurai made kanou desu ka?

Is returning possible for about seven days?

私わたし　は　明日あした　まで　に　書類しょるい　を　提出ていしゅつします。watashi wa ashita made ni shorui o teishutsushimasu.

I will submit the documents by tomorrow.

明日あした　まで　に　終おわる　か　どうか、　私わたし　は　まだ　分わかりません。ashita made ni owaru ka douka, watashi wa mada wakarimasen.

I don't know yet whether it will be finished by tomorrow.

発送はっそう　から　到着とうちゃく　まで　の　期間きかん　は　三日以内みっかいない　に　なります。hassou kara touchaku made no kikan wa mikkainai ni narimasu.

The period from shipping to arrival will be within three days.

駅えき　の　エスカレーター　が　混こんで　いる　とき　は、　通路つうろ　の　端はし　を　歩あるいて　階段かいだん　まで　行いく。eki no esukareetaa ga konde iru toki wa, tsuuro no hashi o aruite kaidan made iku.

When the station escalator is crowded, I walk along the edge of the aisle to the stairs.

昨日きのう　は　深夜しにゃ　まで　インターネット　で　動画どうがサイト　を　見みて　しまいました。kinou wa shinya made intaanetto de dougasaito o mite shimaimashita.

Yesterday I ended up watching video sites on the internet until late at night.

日本語にほんご　の　会話かいわ　で　は、　相手あいて　の　話はなし　を　最後さいご　まで　聞きくこと　が　大切たいせつ　です。nihongo no kaiwa de wa, aite no hanashi o saigo made kikukoto ga taisetsu desu.

In Japanese conversation, it is important to listen to what the other person says until the end.

生放送なまほうそう　なら　緊張きんちょう　も　大おおきい　はず　です　が、　女優じょゆうたち　は　最後さいご　まで　笑顔えがお　で　演技えんぎ　を　続つづけて　いました。namahousou nara kinchou mo ookii hazu desu ga, joyuutachi wa saigo made egao de engi o tsuzukete imashita.

In a live broadcast the nerves must be intense, but the actresses kept acting with smiles until the end.

今日きょう　は　少すこし　疲つかれて　いる　けれど、「ここ　まで　勉強べんきょう　して　おいて　よかった」　と　将来しょうらい　の　自分じぶん　が　思おもえる　よう　に、　日記にっき　に　短みじかい　感想かんそう　だけ　書かいて　から　寝ねます。kyou wa sukoshi tsukarete iru keredo,「koko made benkyou shite oite yokatta」 to shourai no jibun ga omoeru you ni, nikki ni mijikai kansou dake kaite kara nemasu.

I’m a bit tired today, but so that my future self can think, “I’m glad I studied this much,” I’ll write just a short reflection in my diary and then go to sleep.

映画えいが　が　終おわる　まで、　図書館としょかん　で　勉強べんきょうします。eiga ga owaru made, toshokan de benkyoushimasu.

I will study at the library until the movie ends.

日本語にほんご　の　会話かいわ　に　なれる　まで、　毎日まいにち　会話かいわ　の　練習れんしゅう　を　します。nihongo no kaiwa ni nareru made, mainichi kaiwa no renshuu o shimasu.

Until I get used to conversations in Japanese, I practice conversation every day.

最後さいご　まで　あきらめないで　ほしい。saigo made akiramenaide hoshii.

I want you not to give up until the end.

事故じこ　で　渋滞じゅうたいして　いて、　目的地もくてきち　まで　一時間いちじかん　も　かかった　んです。jiko de juutaishite ite, mokutekichi made ichijikan mo kakatta ndesu.

There was a traffic jam because of an accident, and it took as long as an hour to reach the destination.

電波でんぱ　が　いい　ところ　まで　歩あるいたら、　友達ともだち　に　連絡れんらく　できました。denpa ga ii tokoro made aruitara, tomodachi ni renraku dekimashita.

When I walked to a place with good reception, I was able to contact my friend.

目的地もくてきち　まで　の　道路どうろ　を　地図ちず　で　調しらべたん　です　が、　まだ　少すこし　不安ふあん　です。mokutekichi made no douro o chizu de shirabetan desu ga, mada sukoshi fuan desu.

I checked the roads to the destination on the map, but I’m still a little uneasy.

私わたし　の　家いえ　から　図書館としょかん　まで　一時間いちじかん　かかります。watashi no ie kara toshokan made ichijikan kakarimasu.

It takes one hour to get from my house to the library.

朝あさ　早はやく　支度したくして、　昼ひる　まで　に　家いえ　に　戻もどる　つもり　だ。asa hayaku shitakushite, hiru made ni ie ni modoru tsumori da.

I plan to get ready early in the morning and return home by noon.

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