How to Say ‘Since then / from that time’ in Japanese
からです
kara desu
[kah-rah dess]
💬 Usage Tip: [です] makes the phrase polite, so [からです] is a polite way to end "from then/since then." Compare plain [きのうの夜から] with polite [きのうの夜からです].
Phrase Breakdown
から
kara
[kah-rah]
from; since
から shows the starting point. In answers, it often means “since...” or “from....”
九時からです。
It is from nine o’clock.
です
desu
[dess]
is; it is
です is the polite copula, like “is/am/are.” Here it politely completes the answer.
理由はこれです。
This is the reason.
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