by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “It’s about a 15-minute drive.” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
It’s about a _-minute drive.
車で _ 分くらい。
kurumade _ fun(pun) kurai
If you want to speak politely, you can say :
車で _ 分くらいです。
kurumade _ fun(pun) kuraidesu
When you want to say “It’s about a _-minute drive.”, put the time it takes just before “分 fun(pun)”.
“分” means “minute”.
- 5-minute ＝ ５分 gofun
- 10-minute ＝ １０分 juppun
- 15-minute ＝ １５分 juugofun
- 20-minute ＝ ２０分 nijuppun
- 30-minute / half-hour ＝ ３０分 sanjuppun
- 45-minute ＝ ４５分 yonjuugofun
For example, if you want to say “It’s about a 15-minute drive.”, you can say like this :
車で１５分くらい。
kurumade juugofun kurai
Or politely :
車で１５分くらいです。
kurumade juugofun kuraidesu
- about ＝ くらい kurai
- minute ＝ 分 fun(pun)
- drive ＝ 車で kurumade
