Questions tagged [particle-から]
助詞「から」. Corresponds roughly to "from" (indicating a starting point), "after" (following 〜て, indicating chronological order), or "because" (expressing a reason or cause).
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What is 〜からです and when is it used? How does it differ from 〜ですから and 〜んです?
I have seen this expression a few times, and have never quite understood it. In particular, it seems to be equatable both to ですから and to んです, but I can't figure out where it would be used over either ...
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What does からか mean?
I'm translating the following sentence from a book (exact sentence is directly after dialogue in the picture).
興奮からか銀髪の外国人の口調は、いつになく流暢だった。
I have absolutely zero clue what "からか" means in general ...
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Is it a right interpretation of the line of this Japanese song?
First of all, sorry if something about my English grammar is wrong. English is not my native language and, even if I can understand it very well, writing and expressing myself is something I still ...
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Can から mean それでは?
A: もう用がねぇなら帰るけど
B: 用がないわけじゃないけど
今日はなんかタイミングがよくない
A: じゃあ帰るからな
I would like to know if kara is used commonly in Japanese to say also "in that case" (besides of "because"), or is it used as a ...
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Understanding じゃから
Can somebody please help me understand the following sentence:
なにをするにも、「おそい」ということはないのじゃから。
I am having trouble with the part that I've bolded (じゃから).
I think so far that it means "What ever you ...
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～て vs ～てから for sequencing activities
This is potentially much simpler than I'm expecting but when simply ordering events within a sequence are there any contextual differences between using ～て and ～てから?
For example, if I was talking ...
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Having trouble making sense of the sentence "解いてから帰らないとすっきりしないんだ"
In the sentence 解いてから帰らないとすっきりしないんだ, from the context I know it means "If I don't go home after solving it, it won't be refreshing" but I just can't make sense of the grammar, below are the ...
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Clarifying the purpose of から at the end of that sentence
I recently read that sentence :
毎日{まいにち}、ねる前{まえ}に、おふろに入{はい}るといいですよ。つかれがとれますから。
I know から roughly means "because" or "from" and I carefully read this thread about some of its usages.
However, I'm ...
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Function of から in this conversation
A girl forgot to do her homework and mum catches her out of bed:
「まる子っ、もう寝なさい」
Maruko, go to bed now!
「うん、もうすぐ寝るから」
Yes, I'll go to bed very soon (because)
I don't understand the function of ...
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Use of から vs を with 出て行く?:
Why are we using から and not を in the following sentence?:
出て行く：同居している恋人が家から出て行って、別に住むようになる。
I ask because the normal particle with 出る is を (eg 家を出る) so why do we have から here? My dictionary has ...
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The grammar of "虎から食べられた" and "虎に食べられた"?
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In an effort to make my question as short as possible, I abbreviated too much. This is the complete sentence that originated my question:
少年時代から２０年間もずっと過ごしてきて、他人から軽んじられるのに慣れていなかった。
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Are "と" and "から" equal when they mean "from"?
When "と" and "から" can both be translated as the English preposition "from", do they have the exact same meaning/nuance and are they interchangeable?
For example, in the sentence 「 確【たし】かに中沢{なかざわ}部【ぶ】...
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Please help me with this sentence: 手術台から...噛みました
I'm trying to translate this song, and there is a sentence I really don't understand:
手術台から･･･噛みました
Here's the line in context, if that helps anyone:
金持ちあいつの恋煩い (the lovesickness of the rich ...
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Use of から rather than に in 真っ昼間から
真っ昼間からふくろうが空を飛び交うのを、ダーズリー氏は見ないですんだが、...
Mr Dursley didn't see the owls flying around in broad daylight but ...
I don't understand why から is used in this sentence. What is the difference from ...
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Does Kara have two meanings: since, because and from?
My dictionary shows kara twice:
kara: from
kara: since, because
Is there a difference in the way these two are written or is there just one meaning?
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Usage of particles with 出てくる
初めて[山奥]{やまおく}から町に出てきた村の人たちは見るものすべてに[驚]{おどろ}いた。
In this instance, does 山奥から町に出てきた mean "left the mountains and came to the city" (町)? Also, I would normally interpret 出てくる as "leave and ...
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Difference between から and で in context of because
So, I was going across the particle で and から and I found that, both of them have the function of "because". Following are the examples
E.g. of using で as because
病気で旅行に行けなかった (Because I was ...
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Two から in the same sentence
I'm playing a game that talks about the story of Princess Kaguya in the following way. I think I got the general gist of it, but I found the second sentence in particular to be perplexing. I think the ...
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Does てから any retain "subjective reason for action" meaning from から?
My understanding of how から, ので, and て differ from each other when linking clauses:
から links a subjective reason for someone's action
ので links an objective reason for someone's action
て can indicate ...
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Can に mean the same thing as から?
あの野郎、どんだけジークさんに恩を受けたと思っていやがるんだ！
In this sentence, does に mean the same thing as から ?
Thank you very much for help!
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