Meaning of から in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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から
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Romajikara
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- particle
- Meaning
- from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
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- Parts of speech
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- from (originator)
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- Parts of speech
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- because
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- Parts of speech
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- out of (constituent, part)
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- Parts of speech
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- through (e.g. window, vestibule)
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- Parts of speech
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- after; since (following te-form verb)
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Example Sentences
から used in context
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Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.
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Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.
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Why aren't you going? "Because I don't want to."
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They say love is blind.
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「もし疲れているなら寝たらどう？」 「僕が今寝たらあまりに早く目覚めてしまうから。」
If you're tired, why don't you go to sleep? "Because if I go to sleep now I will wake up too early."
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彼は常時彼の才能をねたむ人々から中傷されることにうんざりしていた。
He was sick of being vilified all the time by people who were jealous of his ability.
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