It takes about 5 minutes to get there from Tokyo station.
it takes about --- 「~くらいかかる」
to get there 「そこに到着する」
場所の距離を言う時は移動手段も言うとなお良いですね!
on foot 徒歩で
by bus バスで
by train 電車で
by taxi タクシーで
例文
It takes about 10 min by train.
電車で10分くらいかかる。
It takes about 20 min by car when the traffic is heavy.
渋滞していると車で20分くらいかかる。
The bar is about 5 minutes from Tokyo station by car
The office is a 5 minute walk from Tokyo station
You can get to Tokyo station from the office in about 5 minutes by bicycle
Well, firstly; you obviously need to state what mode of transport you are using if you are talking about a travel time of 5 minutes.
There are 3 examples above using different formats, all of which are quite acceptable.
Five minutes is not a lot! So you can always make it seem like an easy task by using the word 'only'. Saying, "It is only five minutes from Tokyo Station." or, "It only takes five minutes from Tokyo Station." Allows the listener to image a short distance they know that only takes five minutes.
5分は長い時間ではありません。 'only'.という語を使うことでいつもそのことが簡単なことだと思わせることが出来ます。
例文
"It is only five minutes from Tokyo Station."
東京駅からほんの5分です
"It only takes five minutes from Tokyo Station."
東京駅から5分しかかかりません
聞き手に距離が近いとイメージさせ、5分しかかからないということが分かります。
We will arrive at our destination in 5 minutes.
You can also refer to the arrival time. We will arrive in 5 minutes. We are 5 minutes away from our location.
The station will be coming up in 5 minutes.
There are numerous ways you can apply the vocabulary above using whatever time limit is necessary. (For example, our food will arrive in 30 minutes, The food is 30 minutes away)
We will arrive at our destination in 5 minutes.
(5分で目的地に着きます。)
到着時刻を言うこともできます。
We will arrive in 5 minutes.
We are 5 minutes away from our location.
(5分で着きます。)
The station will be coming up in 5 minutes.
(駅には5分で着きます。)
上のボキャブラリーは(適当な時間を入れて)いろいろなことに応用できます。
Our food will arrive in 30 minutes.
The food is 30 minutes away.
(食事は30分後です。)
If you leave from Tokyo station, it will take you 5 minutes to get to your destination
If you leave from Tokyo station, it will take you 5 minutes to get to your destination
This informs the person that if their starting point is Tokyo station, then within 5 minutes they will reach their destination. A destination is the final place they intend to go to. This of course will dependent on their mode of transportation.
If you leave from Tokyo station, it will take you 5 minutes to get to your destination
(東京駅からだと5分で目的地に着きます。)
これは「東京駅からだと5分で目的地に着きます」という意味です。「destination」は「目的地」という意味です。かかる時間はもちろん、交通手段によりますね。
We giving time as related to distance you can use the words "only", "just", or "about" with give the time to or from a location as in: "about 3 minutes walk from..." or "just 5 minutes away by car".
距離についての時間を言う場合、「only(たった~だけ)」「just(たった~だけ)」「about(約~)」が使えます。
例:
"about 3 minutes walk from..."(~から歩いて約3分)
"just 5 minutes away by car"(車でたった5分)