from ... until / to ...

Kara marks the starting point and made the ending point, in either time or space. They can be used together or separately. Both attach directly to nouns.

Examples

• 九きゅう時じから五ご時じまで働はたらきます。

  Kuji kara goji made hatarakimasu.

  I work from nine to five.

• 家いえから駅えきまで歩あるきます。

  Ie kara eki made arukimasu.

  I walk from my house to the station.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 九 nine
• 時 time; when
• 五 five
• 働く to work
• 家 house; home
• 駅 station

Related patterns · Particles

• 〜は topic marker (as for ...)
• 〜が subject marker
• 〜を direct object marker
• 〜に（時間） at / on (a specific time)
• 〜に（行き先・相手） to (a destination or a person)
• 〜へ toward, to (direction)