Koko kara asoko made

Here, you will learn about particles that enrich sentence expression in Japanese. In this lesson, we will focus on the particles “kara” and “made”.

KARAMADE
Indicates the starting point or reason (from, since)Indicates the endpoint or limit (until, to)

“kara” and “made”

“kara”

“kara” means a starting point. 

Toukyou kara ikimasu.
Kono ressun kara hajimemasu.
Kyou kara yasumi desu.
Tesuto wa ichiji kara desu.

“made”

“made” means a finishing point. 

Oosaka made hashirimasu.
Ashita made shigoto desu.
Yasumi wa ashita made desu.

Words

WordMeaning
yokuoften
unten surudrive
iroirovariety of (noun-adj)
tokoroplace
kinouyesterday
shizuokacity name
kakarutake time
kakarimashitatook time
asamorning
…jio’clock
gogoafternoon
…ji hana half past
yasumutake a rest
yasumimashitatook a rest
douzoplease accept, when giving something to someone
omiyagesouvenir

Expressions

Justin says:
Yuukisan wa yoku unten shimasuka?

Yuuki says:
Hai, iroirona tokoro e ikimasu.
Kinou wa toukyou kara shizuoka made unten shimashita.

Justin says:
Nanjikan kakarimashitaka?

Yuuki says:
Asa no juuji kara gogo no ichiji made kakarimashita.
Juuichiji kara juuichiji han made yasumimashita.
Kore, douzo. Watashi kara no omiyage desu.

Justin says:
Arigatougozaimasu.

Exercise

Questions

Translate into Japanese

  1. from 1 to 2
  2. from Tokyo to Osaka 
  3. from here to there
  4. from Mr. Suzuki 

Answers

  1. Ichiji kara niji made
  2. toukyou kara oosaka made
  3. koko kara asoko made
  4. suzukisan kara