Lesson 19: 上野から 浅草まで 電車で

N5 · Lesson 19 · 25 min — Ride from Ueno to Asakusa: say how you travel, from where to where, and where you get off

This lesson is the heart of "walking into Japan": buying a ticket, changing trains, getting off. With just four small particles, you won't panic at the station. Let's start with a four-panel comic!

After this lesson, you can:

Where do I get off?

This time they're going to Asakusa to find the shop in the photo! Setting off by train from Ueno... (上野うえの, 浅草あさくさ = Tokyo places; いなりちょう = a small station in between; 出口でぐち = exit; えっ = huh?)

Travel by で, from…to… から〜まで, get off を降おります. Rin got off early and still beat Neko-sensei, who has no sense of direction!

Words for riding trains

Grammar 1 / 4: で (means)

Add the particle で after a vehicle, tool or language to say "by 〜" or "with 〜"

Grammar 2 / 4: まで

Add まで after a place or time to say "to 〜" or "until 〜"

Grammar 3 / 4: から

Add から after a place or time to say "from 〜"; often used with まで

Grammar 4 / 4: を (leave・pass)

Add を after a place you leave or pass through: 電車でんしゃを 降おります, 駅えきを 出でます