Grammar
N5 particle

Until / up to まで

Meaning

Marks an endpoint in time, place, or extent — "until / up to / as far as ~".

Formation

Notes

Can stand alone (駅まで "as far as the station") or pair with から (AからBまで). までに (with に) means "by a deadline" — a different pattern.

Examples

I work until 5 o'clock.

Breakdown
5 o'clock until work

I walk as far as the station.

Breakdown
station as far as walk

I will be in Japan until next year.

Breakdown
next year until Japan in am

Please count up to ten.

Breakdown
ten up to please count

Summer vacation is until August.

Breakdown
summer vacation (topic) August until is

Does this bus go as far as the airport?

Breakdown
this bus (topic) airport as far as go (question)