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From Old Japanese 柄 (kara, “origin, source”), from Proto-Japonic *kara. Cognate with Miyako から (kara), Okinawan から (kara).
から • (kara)
- from, out of
- 東京から帰った。
- Tōkyō kara kaetta.
- He returned from Tokyo.
- ずっと前からの話
- zutto mae kara no hanashi
- a conversation from way back
- 地下室からのふしぎな旅
- chikashitsu kara no fushigi na tabi
- a mysterious journey (starting) from the basement
- after (following て-form verbs)
- 終わってから、来てください。
- Owatte kara, kite kudasai.
- Please come by after finishing [after you've finished].
- since (following て-form verbs)
- 東京に住んでいてから、日本語を流暢に話します。
- Tōkyō ni sunde ite kara, nihongo o ryūchō ni hanashimasu.
- Since living in Tokyo, I speak Japanese fluently.
- because, (following adjectives and verbs) as a result of; therefore, so
- Synonym: (Chūgoku, Shikoku, Kyūshū) けん (ken)
- 肉を食べないから、ラーメンは駄目だ。
- Niku o tabenai kara, rāmen wa dame da.
- Because he doesn't eat meat, ramen is a bad idea.
- 私がいるから心配ないでしょう？
- Watashi ga iru kara shinpai nai deshō?
- Because I'm here, there's no need to worry, right?
- beginning with
- 基本から始める
- kihon kara hajimeru
- begin with the basics
- from; beginning with
- Coordinate term: まで (made, “until”)
- １から９までの数字
- ichi kara kyū made no sūji
- the numbers 1 to 9
- １から９を使う
- ichi kara kyū o tsukau
- use the numbers 1 to 9
- 東京から大阪まで
- Tōkyō kara Ōsaka made
- from Tokyo to Osaka
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(This term, から (kara), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as から, see Category:Japanese kanji read as から.)
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