N4 grammar

だから

dakara

So, therefore

Formation

だから starts a sentence that follows from the one before it. It is the standing-alone version of から, for when the reason deserves its own sentence. ですから is the same word with the politeness turned up.

Examples

だから is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

  1. So there is a magnetic field around earth.

  2. When it sets off the bell rings, "ding-ding". Thus 'ding-ding-train'.

  3. This is the first time I've worked as a coordinator, so I may not have the hang of it yet.

  4. It began to rain, so he need not have watered the lawn.

  5. So, well, it's a bitter decision for the student council to make as well. Give 'em a break.

The explanation is ours, written for this site. Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), each machine-checked to actually contain the pattern. Furigana is generated automatically, so a rare reading may be imperfect.