How do you say something like: "There are 8 days until I go on vacation"? I'm pretty much confused on the how to say "x days/hrs/weeks until blank".
誕生日まで（あと）８日です。
There are 8 (more) days until my birthday.
(Sidenote: ８日 can be pronounced 「ようか」 or 「はちにち」, though I think NHK recommends 「はちにち」 for time intervals like this.)
answered Sep 15 '14 at 18:54
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1When referring to periods of time it is worth to use 間, so that you get ８日間 which is pronounced as ようかかん。Never heard anyone to say it はちにち by the way. – Rilakkuma Sep 15 '14 at 21:36
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@Rilakkuma I think both appear with about equal frequency, because you can think of it as either an interval or an ordinal in this context. – virmaior Sep 16 '14 at 3:45
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Not a direct translation, but you could say it like
今日の[８日後]{よう・か・ご}は旅行(の)スタート！ → 8 days from today is the start of my vacation!
