Kara Use

Kara Use
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The Japanese Particle から(kara): Hopefully, you’ve seen by now how useful particles can be in Japanese when you know the proper way to use them. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at から (kara) and how to use it.
から might not have as many uses as particles like に or で, but it does have some that you can use in everyday conversation.
The first use of から I ever learned was to mark a starting point. This is really useful when giving directions or describing location, but it definitely has some other uses as well.
However, the starting point can also be a time, such as
It can also mark the source of something. If you received something from Tanaka-san, you could say
You could also use に in this situation, but から works just as well.
It’s helpful to think of this use of から as very linear. A lot of times, it can be paired with まで (made), which will get its own article too. In my head, I think of から as a starting point and まで as the ending point. Not every situation needs both, but it still helps to think of it as something more tangible like that.
This second use is kind of an extension of the first, but we’ll talk about it separately because it has a pretty specific structure.
If you tack から on after a verb in the -te form (tabete, oboete, yonde, etc.), it can mean “after.” Let’s look at some examples for this one.
This would be translated as “After I read a book, I fell asleep.” Notice how the tense of both verbs are based on the last verb in the sentence. If you changed it to “Nemasu” (寝ます), it would change the sentence to either “I sleep” or “I will sleep.” The verb attached to から is always in that -te form, regardless of the tense of the sentence.
This is very similar to our first use, just because you can still think of から as a starting point. It’s just marking an entire verb phrase as your starting point, instead of a location, time, or source.
から is one of the easiest ways in Japanese to say “because.” Let’s look at how this is different with the same example sentence from before.
If we change our sleeping example to
it changes the meaning to “I fell asleep because I read a book.” Notice how the only thing that changed was the verb “yomu.”
The verb in this structure needs to be either in dictionary form or past tense. It’s a really subtle difference that can completely change the meaning of what you’re trying to say.
This one can also feel a bit weird sometimes because it can be attached to plain forms of “desu.” So you can say things like
There’s also the phrase “da kara” (だから), which I’ve heard people use a lot to mean “And so…” at the beginning of a sentence. It’s kind of like “And because of that…”
or “Because she was a student.” There’s also the phrase
, which I’ve heard people use a lot to mean “And so…” at the beginning of a sentence. It’s kind of like “And because of that…”
There’s another word for “because” that can be a bit difficult to differentiate from から, and that is ので (node). Sometimes they are interchangeable, but sometimes they aren’t. The most basic difference is that から puts emphasis on what comes before it, while ので puts the emphasis at the end.
You’re also going to hear から more because it is used with volitional things (things you can control), such as recommendations, commands, or just personal opinions. Personally, I usually default to から just because its uses are more in line with how most of us use the word “because.”
Learning about all the different particles can sometimes feel tedious, but it really is necessary to help your Japanese be the best it can be. Even the tiniest differences with particle use can open up a whole other way for you to express yourself in Japanese.
Particles are also key to being able to speak in long, flowing sentences. Being able to use particles like から will help you sound more fluent, and more educated as you speak with native Japanese speakers. Trust me, people will be impressed if you manage to use complex sentences in your Japanese, and it will be a lot nicer to listen to.
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Native speakers sometimes use the word, “kara”, as a noun to refer to emptiness or the outer surface of something. In this blog post, however, I will explain it as a case particle which more often appears in Japanese daily conversations. Native speakers use it mainly in three different ways, I think: to mean ‘from’ to say who starts something; also to mean ‘from’ to say when or where something starts; to mean ‘because’ to give the reason for something. I will explain these three types of “kara” with example sentences. It’s also worth mentioning here that grammatically this particle can work in more than three ways, but all the usages are based on more or less the same concept: indicating the start of something. Then, let’s get started!
Let me start with “kara” used to say who starts something.
Native speakers normally use this type of “kara” after a noun referring to a person or people to state who starts an action. Word orders in Japanese and English are different, but the usage of this particle is similar to that of the English preposition, “from”, I think. Then, let me explain how to use this type through the example sentence below.
boku kara kanojo ni ii masu – 僕から彼女に言います (ぼくからかのじょにいいます) I will tell her.
Below are the new words used in the example sentence.
This is a typical usage of this type of “kara”. In this example, it works after “boku” to make the subject in the sentence and to indicate who starts the action. The Japanese sentence has been translated as just “I will tell her”, but it contains the strong meaning of ‘from me’.
Next, let me explain “kara” used to say when something starts.
Native speakers use this type of “kara” after a noun referring to a point in time or place to state when or where something starts. Like the last type explained above, the usage of this type is very similar to that of the English preposition, “from”. Then, let me explain how to use this through the example sentence below.
ashita kara gakkou ga hajimari masu – 明日から学校が始まります (あしたからがっこうがはじまります) School starts tomorrow.
Below are the new words used in the example sentence.
This is a typical usage of this type. In this example, it works after “ashita” which means ‘tomorrow’ in Japanese to state when school starts. When we want to indicate the start or beginning of a certain time period or the place something starts in Japanese, this “kara” is a very, very good option.
The Japanese sentence has been translated as just “school starts tomorrow”, but it contains the meaning of ‘from tomorrow’. The case particle implies the continuity of an action or event. Perhaps, the translation should’ve been “school starts from tomorrow”, it would sound less natural though.
Lastly, let me explain “kara” used to give the reason for something.
Native speakers use this type of “kara” after a verb, adjective, or auxiliary verb in a sentence to give the reason for something. The word preceding this particle is normally in its plain form; it doesn’t need to be conjugated. Let me explain this usage through the example sentence below.
kyou wa tenki ga waui kara – 今日は天気が悪いから (きょうはてんきがわるいから) Because the weather is bad today.
Below are the new words used in the example sentence.
This is a typical usage of this type of “kara”. In the example, it works after the i-adjective, “warui”, to give the reason for something, why the speaker cannot do something. Reasons and causes are the starts of results and effects. So, the concept of “kara” is very suitable.
In this blog post, I’ve explained the definition and meanings of “kara” in detail. And also, I’ve explained how to use it through the example sentences. Let me summarize them as follows.
Hope my explanations are understandable and helpful for Japanese learners.
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Someone on another website (reddit) was arguing that " から " should not be used in written Japanese (which this person then clarified to mean formal, literary written Japanese), and there are some websites that more or less seem to advocate this view.
However, my feeling was that this can't possibly be true; while formal writing will almost certainly not use " だから " to begin a sentence, it is easy to find numerous of examples of " から " (meaning specifically "because", rather than "from", etc.) used in formal writing in forms or contexts like " であるから ", "... があるから ...", etc., and I doubt I could find a single book (or even article of reasonable length) that doesn't use " から " at all.
Is it a commonly accepted view that " から " should never be used in formal writing? Is this an example of hypercorrection by language mavens?
For dissertations and such, you pretty much have to use ので instead of から .
I would tend to say it is the same for every written documents, but I am sure there could be a few exceptions.
から Is mostly just for speaking.
ので Is for polite speaking and for writing.
This is only for the meaning of "because" though.
You can still use から for intervals ( から～まで ) and for any other "time" or "location" related use like 「東京駅から出発する」 or 「食べてからいく」 etc.
As counterexamples prove, it's obviously oversimplification to affirm that から is not cut out for formal writings.
For example, if you were to claim that "you don't get it because you want to, but you get desirous of it because you see it" in some article, you would use から and write 人は欲しいから手にするのではない。見るから欲しくなるのだ .
According to this page , you can find it say, at the bottom, 話し言葉。論文には使えない (colloquialism, not applicable to articles), but at the same time, it says, just before that, 「～から」と「～ので」は、多くの場合、置き換えができます。
この比較は、絶対的なものではなく、こういう傾向がある、といった、大きなくくりです。 ("kara" and "node" are in most cases interchangeable to each other. This comparison is not absolute but a rough grouping that indicates tendency.), which is actually the most important.
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