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In this sentence: "Toukyou ni hikkoshite, go-nen ni naru, " => Since moving to Tokyo, it has been [it comes out to] five years.

From this site: https://www.satorireader.com/articles/sanzu-no-kawa-episode-2-edition-m

て-form is interpreted as if it was てから. Is this possible, and if so, usual? I do see て-form quite frequently when sequencing actions and/or indicating a causality (e.g. 家族に会えなくて、寂しいです). But so far, when explicitely expressing "since" から had always been used. It would be nice if someone could explain this phenomenon above, or at least point me to some ressources :)

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    Um, that site doesn't include your sample text anywhere. There are zero instances of "Tōkyō ni hikkoshite, go-nen ni naru" (in either romaji or kanji+kana). The closest I see is 「東京【とうきょう】から栃木【とちぎ】に引【ひ】っ越【こ】して来【き】てから、もう５年【ごねん】も経【た】つのかぁ」. That phrasing includes the ~てから, and does not omit the から.
    – Eiríkr Útlendi
    Commented Feb 28, 2019 at 1:00
  • I don't think so. verb-てから means after what have you done. て-form could be interpreted as because.
    – user29959
    Commented Feb 28, 2019 at 17:36
  • Related: japanese.stackexchange.com/q/65625/9831 / japanese.stackexchange.com/q/52228/9831
    – chocolate ♦
    Commented Mar 1, 2019 at 10:34

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I am a Japanese. you can use "Toukyou ni hikkoshite kara, go-nen ni naru" as well as "Toukyou ni hikkoshite, go-nen ni naru" this type of sentence is used when you want to show the "time lapse".

"て" of "家族に会えなくて、寂しいです" -> this sentence show a reason.

Does that make sense?

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