というもの・ てからというものthis whole (week); ever since
After a length of time, というもの says the whole stretch has been filled with one thing, and has felt long. After てから it is "ever since": a turning point, and life has been different from then on.
a whole stretch
I haven't slept properly for two whole weeks now.
ever since
Ever since my daughter was born, I have come to value time at home above everything else.
A whole stretch
この/ここ + length of time + というもの
この一週間, ここ数年, この半年: nearly always a stretch that runs up to now.
Ever since
Verb in the て-form + からというもの(は)
The は is optional. それからというもの is "ever since then".
- After it
- How things have been the whole time: ずっと…ている, …ていない, …ようになった, …なくなった. Not one thing that happened once.
- Tone
- Said with feeling, glad or not. More literary than てから or て以来.
- Where you'll meet it
- Novels, essays, letters, and people telling the story of their own lives. Everyday talk mostly leaves というもの out: この一週間ずっと, 生まれてから.
A whole stretch: この一週間というもの
All this past week I kept waking up in the night.
For the past three months I have had a constant headache that no one can explain.
For the whole of the past six months she has practiced without a break, days off included.
Ever since: てからというもの
Ever since I got a dog, the morning walk has been the best part of my day.
Ever since I was scammed, I have stopped answering calls from numbers I don't know.
Ever since I joined this company, I have been getting up at six every morning to study.
He hasn't been late once since.
それからというもの, "ever since then", is a favorite of storytellers.
Close neighbours
て以来N2
Plain "ever since". It gives the starting point and adds no feeling.
I have gotten up at six every morning to study since I joined this company.
てからN5
The everyday word. It also takes one thing that happened afterward, which てからというもの can't.
We bought a house after we got married.
Neither is about time. というものだ ends a sentence with a verdict: "that is what … is". After an ordinary noun, というものは is just "the thing called": 人生というものは.
Helping each other when things are hard: that is what friendship is.
Check yourself
1Which sentence sounds natural?
Choose an answer to see why.
2Which one fits?
( )と
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More sentences
Ever since my father collapsed, my mother has been running the shop on her own.
Ever since I was put in charge of the shop, I can't stop worrying about sales, even on my days off.
Ever since I heard that performance, I haven't been able to get her music out of my head.
It has rained for days on end, and the river is rising.
For three years now, the town's population has kept on falling.