Japanese word
から
In your course · Chapter 6
- Part of speech
- particle
- Register
- archaic, informal
- Level
- A2
- Frequency
- No. 8 in the course corpus
Meanings
- from
- shell
- husk
- hull
- pod
- chaff
- emptiness
- being empty
- not carrying anything
- unburdened
- empty-handed
- dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.)
- false
- no-show (reservation)
- put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.)
- empty (compliments)
- insincere
- since
- at
- through (e.g. a window, door)
- via
- by
- because
- as
- so
- therefore
- from (as in "made from")
- of (as in "consisting of")
- out of
- from (as in "a quotation from a book")
- out of (as in "out of 10 people")
- from among
- after (doing)
- by (as in "getting scolded by")
- from (e.g. one's viewpoint)
- based on
- according to
- in (e.g. one's eyes)
- because of
- out of (curiosity, necessity, etc.)
- due to
- owing to
- as much as
- upwards of
- at least
- more than
- marks the starting state of a change
- expresses warning, sympathy, excitement or determination
- emphasizes the previous statement
- trails off with an implied reason or consequence left unstated
- so ...
- even
- to begin with, even ...
- right from ...
- starting with ... (let alone)
- it is precisely due to ... (one can't)
- it is because ...
- now that
- so long as
- accordingly
- consequently
- on those grounds
- that is why
- for that reason
- just from (doing)
- simply by
- with
- by means of
Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Examples
エマさんはイギリスからきました
Emma came from the UK.
わたしはカナダからきました
I came from Canada.
サラさんはカナダからきました
Sarah came from Canada.
ジョンさんはイギリスからきました
John came from the UK.
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