kono eki made no unchin wa takai node, teikiken ga aru to tasukaru.

The fare to this station is expensive, so having a commuter pass helps.

Breakdown of kono eki made no unchin wa takai node, teikiken ga aru to tasukaru.

• は: topic particle
• 高たかい: expensive
• が: subject particle
• の: possessive case particle

Questions & Answers about kono eki made no unchin wa takai node, teikiken ga aru to tasukaru.

What does この駅までの mean, and why are both まで and の used?

この駅までの means to this station or more literally the fare up to this station.

Breakdown:

• この駅 = this station
• まで = up to / as far as
• の = links that whole phrase to the noun that follows

So:

• この駅までの運賃 = the fare to this station

Here, まで creates the destination range, and の turns that phrase into something that can modify 運賃.

You can think of it like:

• [this station up to] + fare

which becomes natural English as the fare to this station.

Why is まで used instead of に or へ?

まで focuses on the endpoint: as far as this station.

With transportation and fares, Japanese often uses まで because the idea is the cost up to a certain destination.

So:

• この駅までの運賃 = the fare as far as this station

If you used に or へ, it would sound more like direction or destination in a general sense, not specifically the fare calculated up to that point. For fares, までの運賃 is very natural.

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