GRAMMAR DETAIL
からの
Follows a quantity to emphasize a minimum amount that the speaker considers large.
Examples
会場には千人からの観客が集まった。
More than a thousand spectators gathered at the venue.
Words used
百人からの参加者が集まった。
As many as a hundred participants gathered.
Words used
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: After a large quantity,
からのemphasizes a scale reaching at least that amount and connects it to the noun being counted. - Basic usage:
百人からの参加者が集まった。means that a large group of at least a hundred participants gathered.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Minimum scale versus an exact count
百人からのpresents a large scale with a hundred as the baseline, including a hundred itself. It neither limits the count to exactly a hundred nor requires it to be strictly greater than a hundred.