JLPT N2Weather and newsRough range

から～にかけてfrom … through to (roughly)

A rough stretch of time or space, from around one point through to around another. The edges are soft, which is why weather forecasts are full of it.

time

今こん夜やから明日あしたの朝あさにかけて、沿えん岸がん部ぶでは風かぜが強つよくなるでしょう。

Winds are expected to pick up along the coast from tonight into tomorrow morning.

place

九きゅう州しゅう北ほく部ぶから中ちゅう国ごく地ち方ほうにかけて、激はげしい雨あめが降ふった。

Heavy rain fell from northern Kyushu across to the Chugoku region.

How to form it

Time or place + から + time or place + にかけて

Forecasts often leave the start out when it is now: 明日あしたにかけて, "through tomorrow". After a skill, にかけては means something else: "when it comes to".

Before a noun

… にかけての + noun

Before it: Two times or two places on the same stretch: 今こん夜や and 明日あしたの朝あさ, 関かん東とう and 東とう北ほく, 首くび and 肩かた.
After it: Mostly something that lasts through the stretch or turns up here and there in it: rain, wind, traffic jams, flowers in bloom, an ache.
Tone: Neutral, a little like a report.
Where you'll meet it: Weather forecasts and traffic news first of all. Also guidebooks, and telling a doctor where it hurts.

In use

この地ち方ほうでは、四し月がつから五ご月がつにかけて菜なの花はなが見み頃ごろを迎むかえる。

In this region the rapeseed flowers are at their best from April into May.

首くびから肩かたにかけて、鈍にぶい痛いたみがある。

I have a dull ache from my neck down into my shoulder.

関かん東とうでは、明日あしたにかけて大おお雪ゆきになるおそれがあります。

In Kanto there is a risk of heavy snow through tomorrow.

No から.

昨さく夜やから今朝けさにかけての大おお雨あめで、川かわの水みずが増ふえている。

After the heavy rain from last night into this morning, the river is running high.

Before a noun.

Fixed ends take から～まで

Opening hours, a class, a train ride from Tokyo to Osaka: these have two fixed ends, so they take から～まで.

Not said: 図と書しょ館かんは九く時じから六ろく時じにかけて開あいています。

(The library is open from nine to six.)

九く時じから六ろく時じまで開あいています.

Close neighbours

から～までN5

Anything can follow it. It is right for a rough stretch as well, where it makes the ends sound firmer.

受うけ付つけは午ご前ぜん九く時じから午ご後ご五ご時じまでです。

Reception is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

にわたってN2

Names the whole span, usually in one word, and says it is large: 三みっ日か間かんにわたって, "for three whole days".

復ふっ旧きゅう作さ業ぎょうは四よんか月げつ間かんにわたって続つづいた。

The repair work went on for a full four months.

にかけてはN2

After a skill or a quality, with praise to follow: "when it comes to".

この店みせは魚さかなの鮮せん度どにかけては地ち域いきで一いち番ばんだ。

When it comes to fresh fish, this shop is the best in the area.

Check yourself

1Which sentence sounds natural?

Choose an answer to see why.

2Which one fits?

会かい議ぎは五ご時じ間かん（　　）続つづいた。

Choose an answer to see why.

More sentences

年ねん末まつから年ねん始しにかけて、高こう速そく道どう路ろは混こん雑ざつしやすい。

Expressways tend to be crowded from the end of the year into the New Year.

午ご後ごから夜よるにかけて、山やま沿ぞいでは雷らい雨うとなる可か能のう性せいがある。

There may be thunderstorms along the mountains from the afternoon into the night.

関かん東とう南なん部ぶから伊い豆ず諸しょ島とうにかけて、高たかい波なみが予よ想そうされている。

High waves are forecast from southern Kanto out to the Izu Islands.

頬ほおからあごにかけて、肌はだが赤あかくなっている。

The skin is red from the cheek down to the chin.

駅えき前まえから川かわ沿ぞいにかけて、古ふるい商しょう店てんが点てん在ざいしている。

Old shops are dotted about between the station and the riverside.