VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

だから

だから
hepburn dakara

so, therefore

Part of speech · conjunction

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 雨だから行かない。
    I am not going because it is raining.
  2. だから言ったでしょう。
    I told you so.

Collocations

だから (dakara, so / therefore)ですから (desu kara, polite)だからねなぜなら (nazenara, because)それで (sorede)

Mnemonic

Dakara (だから) is "so" — B + no-cluster conjunction. Da plus kara. Polite desu kara. Register: dakara casual, desu kara formal, na node neutral, shitagatte very formal. Business dakara is rude; desu kara orthodox.

Quick check

  1. Dakara registers?

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