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あれから Japanese meaning | Kotomora

あれから

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Meanings

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adverb

since then; after that

Refers to the time after a previously mentioned event, often implying a change or continuation from that point.

あれからずっと彼かれに会あっていない。
I haven't seen him since then.
あれから状じょう況きょうは大おおきく変かわった。
The situation has changed a lot since then.

Similar words

それから
それから means 'and then' or 'after that' in a sequence, while あれから refers to a more distant past event and often implies a longer interval or a significant change.

Etymology

Compound of あれ (that) and から (from). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; it has been used as a fixed adverbial expression since at least the early modern period.