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Because A
  1. Because A
  2. From A, Since A
    Marks the source (time or place) A where an action began.
また チ ャ ン ス が ある か ら 、 諦あきらめ な い で ！ 
You'll have another chance, so don't give up!
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学 生 時 代 は 、 お 金 が なかった か ら 、 旅 行 に 行 け ま せ ん で し た 。 今 は 、 お 金 が ある け ど 、 時 間 が ない か ら 、 行 け ま せ ん 。 
I couldn't go traveling when I was a student because I didn't have any money. Now, I have money, but I don't have any time.
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妻 の 手 料 理 は おいしい か ら 、 つ い 食 べ す ぎ て し ま い ま す 。 
Since my wife's home cooking is so delicious, I eat too much without realizing it.
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日 本 の ア ニ メ の フ ィ ギ ュ ア を 集 め て る け ど 、 高 い か ら なかなか 買 え ま せ ん 。 
I'm collecting Japanese anime figures, but they're expensive so I can't really buy them.
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彼 は 、 成 功 し た ベンチャービジネスの 社 長 だ か ら 、 すごい 金 持 ち に 違 い な い 。 
He must be super rich because he runs a successful venture business company.
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色 いろ 便 利 だ か ら 、 都 心 に 住 み た い で す 。 
I want to live downtown because it's convenient in a lot of ways.

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AVerb
から
Basic Examples:
行くから (because (I'm) going)

Aい adjective
から
Basic Examples:
おいしいから (because (it's) tasty)

ANoun
だ
から
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先生だから (because (he's) a teacher)

Aな adjective
だ
から
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不潔だから (because it's unsanitary)

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BReason
から
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Advanced notes
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When compared to ので, から is much more direct in giving the reason or cause. Because of this, it is good to avoid から and use the less direct ので when the reason/cause might offend the other party.

頭 が 痛 か っ た か ら 、 仕 事 を 休 み ま し た 。 (wrong)

頭 が 痛 か っ た の で 、 仕 事 を 休 み ま し た 。 (fixed)

I didn't go to work because my head hurt.

The first sentences could come across as arrogant or as if you take your request for granted, so it's helpful to use ので when making a request/excuse.

Grammar usage notes

While the statements in the advanced notes are quite correct, keep in mind that ので is a more formal and polite form of から. When speaking in colloquial Japanese (だ instead of です), it's better to use から otherwise you'll end up mixing levels of politeness.

ので is also almost always used in place of から in formal writing, and can be used in the だ or である writing styles.
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宮本勝利
Level: 1
When you were asked, から（だ／です）is tend to be used for giving direct answer of the question.

Ex:
A　「なんでパーティーにこなかった？」
B　「仕事をまだ終わらなかったからです。」

It's possible to say something like: あなたのことが好きだからです、大雨だからだ、大雪だから*だ*と思う、etc.
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naikou3611
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Questions/Discussion

Wouldn’t いつも忙しいが今日は休みなさい also make sense? Wouldn’t it translate to “you’re always busy, but take today off”?
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qomori
Level: 65
 
From A, Since A
Marks the source (time or place) A where an action began.
  1. Because A
  2. From A, Since A
    Marks the source (time or place) A where an action began.
君きみは どこ か ら 来きま し た か ？ 
Where did you come from?
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昨日 か ら 雪 が 降 っ て い ま す 。 
It's been snowing since yesterday.
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駅 か ら 歩 い て 帰 り ま す 。 
I'll walk home from the station.

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から
Basic Examples:
母からもらう (from mother)

朝から (since morning)

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Grammar usage notes

に can also be used instead of から with もらう/いただく
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shirothekiller
Level: 1
can also be used to indicate place or time that something/someone came from.
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shirothekiller
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alekth
Level: 20
から　is also used for indicating the material something is made of when that material is not obvious from looking at the product. I added a usage note regarding this to the similar function of で: http://www.renshuu.org/index.php?page=grammar/individual&id=112#mhead579

Also, it can be used when something is received from an organization or similar, rather than a person (に）. E.g. 銀行から借りたお金
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マイコー
Level: 292
I added the second. Do you have any example sentences for the first so I can confirm a few things?
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alekth
Level: 20
I'd posted some on the で note for the sake of contrast, here they are:
紙は木からできる。　Paper is made from wood.
このワインはカシスからできている。　This wine is made from black currant.

It's technically the very basic meaning of から as a starting point/source and from there on there has been some change in that material, e.g. in the case of wood, it's visible wood if a chair has been made of it (で), but with paper it's a processed ingredient that is no longer obvious.

ガラスは砂などからできる。
プラスチックは石油からできる。
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マイコー
Level: 292
Does it always follow with できる？
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alekth
Level: 20
Can be 作る too, and probably others as well, as long as the meaning is kept along the lines of making/producing (from some googling, even the 造る form popped up, mostly related to drinks - producing, that is, not mixing).
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There's a typo in the second line of the advanced notes: "...when the reason/casuse might offend the other party."
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マドゥリ
Level: 1
Shouldn't the second meaning read 'From A' rather than 'From B'?
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マイコー
Level: 292
Yep, and fixed. Thanks!
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karmakaze11
Level: 1
から can also be used in place of へ (meaning "from") in sentences like 日本から来ました but from what I understand it particularly implies effort on the part of the subject, so in the example given it would mean something like "I came from Japan (and that's really far away/and it took a lot to get here)".
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Devinate
Level: 1
Is the meaning same, when preceded by a short past form? Thanks in advance!
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mysticfive
Level: 1966
yes it is ^.^
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Merkaber
Level: 68

Hey guys,


I just got a question about this "easy" grammar. When do I use から after the and add then the です instead of just adding から after the verb. Also, when do I use から after です? I don't mean at the sentence start.


Example:

余り好きじゃないですから。　or　 余り好きじゃないからです。

吸わりませんから。 or　 吸わりませんからです。(I guess that doesn't work because of ません (敬語))

食べなかったですから、お腹がすいていますよ。 or 　食べなかったからです、お腹がすいています。 (I guess this doesn't make sense as well.)


Is there a usage difference if you use です instead of だ or it's working with the same sentence "grammar" structure?


Thx in advance and please excuse my worse English.

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友人
Level: 1
からです:"From it is"

咳は、喫煙からです。 The cough is from smoking

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だから, ですから: "From that/Because/Since/Therefore"

喫煙はがんの原因となります。吸いませんだから。 Smoking causes cancer. Therefore, don't smoke .

喫煙はがんの原因となります。吸いませんですから。Smoking causes cancer. Because of that, don't smoke (cold, formal, disapproving delivery-you might smell like an ashtray).


Casual form is 吸わない. Polite form is 吸いません.


Hope that helps.

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Merkaber
Level: 68

Thanks 友人,


I just wonder why ですから is not as good as だから in your example (if I wanna be polite).

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友人
Level: 1

It is polite; but, in this expression at least, it can be interpreted as a little too polite and so, coldly formal. だから is ok in polite speech, and it's friendly, doesn't imply any disapproval.

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anyanya
Level: 1

How about て-form + から? It means "after" in that case.

Example: 食べてから、歯を磨いてください。 After eating, please brush your teeth.

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SirEdgar
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anyanya は 07月 15日, 3:34に

How about て-form + から? It means "after" in that case.

Example: 食べてから、歯を磨いてください。 After eating, please brush your teeth.

と言いました。

Right, but that one has it's own grammar point here bigsmile.gif:

https://www.renshuu.org/grammar/15/%E3%81%A6%E3%81...


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