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JLPT N1Mostly writtenImpressed

からある・からいる・からする・からのall of; as many as

After a number, it says the number is big, and that the true figure is that or more: "a good twenty kilos", "all of a million yen". The ending depends on what is being counted.

How to form it

Number + からある/からいる/からする

からある for size, weight and distance, からいる for people, からする for a price.

Before a noun

Number + からの + noun

For anything counted: 三さん万まん人にんからの観かん光こう客きゃく, 百ひゃく万まん円えんからの借しゃっ金きん. It is the usual shape for people; からいる is the rarest of the four.

Before it
A number with its counter, big for the situation and usually round: 二に十じゅっキロ, 千せん人にん, 百ひゃく万まん円えん.
Tone
Impressed or daunted.
Where you'll meet it
Mostly in writing: novels, reportage, essays. Said aloud it tends to sound a little old-fashioned, and is heard more from older people.
In everyday speech
も: 二に十じゅっキロもある荷に物もつ, 三さん百びゃく万まん円えんもする.

In use

Close neighbours

Number + もN4

What people say. It goes in the same place and says the number is a lot. から adds "or more".

以上N4

Also "that or more", with no feeling in it: the line drawn by a rule or a condition.

からの (from)N3

After a place, a person or a time, からの is the plain "from" before a noun. After a number it is this one.

から (starting at)N5

On a price list, から is where a range starts. Nothing is being called a lot.

Check yourself

1Which one fits?

その橋はしは、長ながさが三さんキロ(  )そうだ。

Choose an answer to see why.

2In which sentence does からの say the number is big?

Choose an answer to see why.

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