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Japanese particle

Particle まで

Marks an endpoint, limit, or range, meaning up to, until, or as far as.

Examples

いえまでかえりましたreturned as far as home

よるまでちましたwaited until night

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まで marks where something ends. から marks where something begins.

Practice in context

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