Grammar Info
N5 Lesson 5: 4/12

から
From

Structure
Starting Point + から
Details
Part of Speech Particle
Word Type Case Marking Particle
Register Standard
品詞 助詞
単語の種類 格助詞
使用域 一般
Information
から can have several different meanings in Japanese, depending on which part of the sentence it is in, and what comes before/after it. It is often translated as ‘from’. In these cases, it just means ‘with (A) as a starting location, (B)’. In this grammar construction, から comes directly after the place that is considered the starting point.
  • 彼女(かのじょ)モロッコから来(き)ました
    She came from Morocco.
  • 空港(くうこう)から車(くるま)来(き)ました
    I came from the airport by car.
This form of から is the closest to the ‘base’ meaning of the word in Japanese, as the nuance of から can almost always be thought of as meaning ‘from’ in some way.
Caution
This form of から does not require when used after nouns or な-Adjectives, as that would change the meaning to ‘because’.
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駅(えき)からバス来(き)た
I came from the station by bus.
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アメリカから来(き)ました
I came from America.
[~から来ました when talking about a country usually has a set meaning of 'I am from ~']
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この靴(くつ)お母(かあ)さんからです
These shoes are from my mom.
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Books
みんなの日本語 I
Page 32 [CH 4]
[DBJG] A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
Page 176