Glossary entry

Japanese term or phrase:

(自)(至)

English translation:

(from)(to)

Added to glossary by conejo
Apr 24, 2008 19:09
16 yrs ago
Japanese term

(自)(至) [abbreviations used together]

Japanese to English Bus/Financial Construction / Civil Engineering
The document is a summary of some roads in Kyushu.

Road Name (CCC道路)
(自) Town name 1 (XX市YY町)
(至) Town name 2 (ZZ市AA町)
The town names & abbreviations are in the same cell of a table. To the right of the town names are other cells containing various data about the road, (only one set of data applying to both Town Name 1 and Town Name 2).

There are about 3 sets of information that follow this format.

I found another similar example on the Internet. In this PDF file, (自) and (至) are used in a similar fashion, on pg. 3.
http://www.qsr.mlit.go.jp/miyazaki/press/pdf/chaku2004/qsr/p...

What do (自) and (至) mean when used like this?
Thank you!
Proposed translations (English)
5 +8 (自)(至)
Change log

Apr 26, 2008 01:01: conejo changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/42154">conejo's</a> old entry - "(自)(至)"" to ""to/from""

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Proposed translations

+8
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(自)(至)

自 in this context is 'from', and 至 is 'to'. Hope this will help.
Peer comment(s):

agree Naoki Inumaru : It is used for time in most case. (自) 4/10, (至) 4/11 means, from 4/10 to 4/11.
14 mins
agree seika
20 mins
agree chigusa : yes, and can be used for place as well.
30 mins
agree michiko tsum (X)
1 hr
agree Gertrude Tsau : (自)(至) =...kara....made
1 hr
agree casey
4 hrs
agree AniseK
6 hrs
agree Maynard Hogg : old-fashioned, but still used in railway contexts
3 days 18 hrs
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