Meaning & usage
てから connects the te-form of a verb to a following clause or phrase, meaning that the second event happens after the first, or that a period of time has passed since the first event. It is commonly used with time expressions like 〜年になる to state how long it has been since something happened.
Example sentences 8
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父が亡くなってから３年になります。
My father has been dead for three years.
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彼らは日本に来てから５年になる。
Five years have passed since they came to Japan.
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彼らが日本にきてから５年になる。
It is five years since they came to Japan.
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彼はみんなが来てからやってきた。
He came after everybody had come.
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彼女はドアにチェーンをかけてから、ちょっと開けた。
She put the chain on the door and opened it a crack.
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彼女はこの前英国に来てからすくなくとも３年にはなるはずだ。
It must be three years if a day since she was last in England.
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彼は生まれてからずっとそこに住んでいる。
He's lived there all his life.
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彼女は入ってからきっちりドアを閉めた。
She closed the door tightly behind her.