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避難所 まで 遠い なら、 一人 で 無理 に 歩くこと は ない。hinanjo made tooi nara, hitori de muri ni arukukoto wa nai.
Meaning
If the shelter is far away, there is no need to force yourself to walk there alone.
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Breakdown of hinanjo made tooi nara, hitori de muri ni arukukoto wa nai.
までmade
limit particle
歩くaruku
to walk
ならnara
conditional particle
一人 でhitori de
by oneself
Questions & Answers about hinanjo made tooi nara, hitori de muri ni arukukoto wa nai.
What does まで mean here? I thought まで meant until.
Here, まで means to / as far as, not until.
So 避難所まで means to the evacuation shelter or as far as the shelter.
With a word like 遠い (far), Nまで遠い means it is far to N.
- 学校まで遠い = It’s far to the school.
- 駅まで遠い = It’s far to the station.
So in this sentence, まで marks the endpoint of the distance.
Why is it 避難所まで遠い instead of something like 避難所が遠い?
Both can be used, but the nuance is a little different.
- 避難所が遠い focuses on the shelter being far away.
- 避難所まで遠い focuses on the distance to the shelter.
In other words, まで makes the path or destination more explicit: it’s far to get to the shelter.
For a learner, it may help to think of 避難所まで遠い as slightly closer to the shelter is a long way away from here.
Why is なら used after 遠い?
