Starting point particle  — Japanese grammar

から

Starting point particle

kara

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用法

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Indicates the provenance of a place or time.

  • ▸ どこから来ましたか?

    Where did you come from?

  • ▸ 先月からこのアパートに住んでいます。

    I have been living in this apartment for the past month.

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