〜までに

Formationnoun or dictionary form + までに

までに sets a deadline: the thing has to happen at some point before then. まで without the に means continuously up to that time, which is a different claim. Finish it by five is までに, wait until five is まで.

Examples

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1. ７時じまでにロビーに来きてください。

   Please come to the lobby by 7 o'clock.

2. 私わたしは二に十じゅう日にちまでに帰かえるつもりです。

   I expect to be back by the 20th.

3. 早はやく始はじめれば昼飯ひるめしまでに終おえられる。

   If we begin early, we can finish by lunch.

4. 次つぎの列車れっしゃまでに２時間じかんの合間あいまがあった。

   There was a two hour's interval to the next train.

5. 明日あしたの晩ばんまでに集あつまろう。

   Let's get together again tomorrow evening.