だから

See also: たから

Japanese

Etymology

だ (“to be”) +‎ から (“because”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だから [dáꜜkàrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [da̠ka̠ɾa̠]

Conjunction

だから • (da kara)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see だ,‎ から.
綺(き)麗(れい)だから
kirei da kara
because it is beautiful
therefore, so, consequently
だからしませんでした。
Da kara shimasen deshita.
Therefore, I did not do it.
1. Used to emphasize a point.
だから何(なん)だ！
Da kara nan da!
So what?!

だから、そういうことじゃないって！
Da kara, sō iu koto ja nai tte!
I'm telling you, that's not it!

Synonyms

(dialectal) だはんで (dahande)
(dialectal) やから (ya kara)

Derived terms

それだから (sore da kara)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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