eki kara tosyokan made aruite gohun kakarimasu.

から marks the starting point. In this sentence, 駅から means from the station.

It is often used for:

• physical starting points: 東京から大阪まで = from Tokyo to Osaka
• time starting points: 九時から = from 9 o’clock
• reasons in other sentences: 雨だから = because it’s raining

Here, it is the location where the route begins.

まで marks the end point. 図書館まで means to the library or as far as the library.

So:

• 駅から = from the station
• 図書館まで = to the library

Together, から ... まで often works like from ... to ... in English.

Japanese often puts information in this kind of order:

starting point + ending point + method/action + amount of time + verb

So:

• 駅から = from the station
• 図書館まで = to the library
• 歩いて = by walking / walking
• 五分 = five minutes
• かかります = takes

English usually says It takes five minutes to walk from the station to the library, but Japanese builds the sentence step by step and puts the main verb at the end.

Here, 歩いて connects 歩く with かかります.

It shows the means or manner: walking, it takes five minutes. In natural English, that becomes It takes five minutes on foot or It takes five minutes to walk.

So this is not two separate actions like walk and then take five minutes. Instead, 歩いて tells you how the five minutes are spent.

かかります means takes in the sense of requires time.

In this sentence, it means:

• It takes five minutes

Japanese uses かかる for time, money, and effort:

• 一時間かかります = It takes one hour
• お金がかかります = It costs money
• 時間がかかります = It takes time

Here, it is specifically about travel time.

Japanese often leaves out subjects when they are obvious from context.

English needs it in It takes five minutes, but Japanese does not need a dummy subject. The sentence can simply end with 五分かかります.

So the idea of it is understood, even though it is not said.

Both can relate to five minutes, but they are used a little differently.

• 五分 is very common with かかる
• 五分間 emphasizes the duration itself: for five minutes

With かかる, Japanese usually says:

• 五分かかります = it takes five minutes

五分間かかります is not impossible, but 五分かかります is more natural here.

Also, note the reading:

• 五分 here is ごふん, meaning five minutes
• In other contexts, 五分 can also be read ごぶ and mean something completely different, such as half-and-half or 50%

Yes, in this sentence it has that meaning.

歩いて五分かかります means:

• It takes five minutes to walk
• It takes five minutes on foot

Another common way to say this is:

• 徒歩で五分かかります

Both are natural, but 歩いて directly uses the verb to walk, while 徒歩で uses the noun walking/on foot.

Time expressions often appear without a particle in Japanese, especially when they show duration.

So:

• 五分かかります = it takes five minutes
• 一時間勉強しました = I studied for one hour

You do not need に here, because 五分 is not a specific point in time like at five o’clock. It is a length of time.

Here it is pronounced ごふん.

So the full sentence is read:

えき から としょかん まで あるいて ごふん かかります。

A few useful minute readings:

• 一分 = いっぷん
• 二分 = にふん
• 三分 = さんぷん
• 四分 = よんぷん
• 五分 = ごふん
• 六分 = ろっぷん / ろくふん
• 七分 = ななふん
• 八分 = はっぷん
• 九分 = きゅうふん
• 十分 = じゅっぷん / じっぷん

Yes. Because of 歩いて, it specifically means if you walk, it takes five minutes.

Without 歩いて, 駅から図書館まで五分かかります could sound more general, depending on context, though it may also feel incomplete or less precise.

Adding 歩いて clearly tells the listener that the travel time is by walking.

Not exactly. That English sentence is more general and does not clearly say by walking unless the context makes it obvious.

The Japanese sentence specifically means:

• It takes five minutes to walk from the station to the library
• The library is a five-minute walk from the station

Those are better matches because they keep the idea of walking time.

Yes. かかります is the polite present form of かかる.

• plain form: かかる
• polite form: かかります

So in casual speech, someone might say:

• 駅から図書館まで歩いて五分かかる。

In normal conversation, directions, or polite speech, かかります is very common.