Grammar Info

N1 Lesson 3: 15/19

からあるAs much as, As many as, At least

Structure

Number + Counter + からある
Number + Counter + からある + Noun
Number + Counter + からいる
Number + Counter + からいる + Noun

Details

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About からある

Like からする, a structure showing that something 'goes from (A)', からある works in a similar way, but simply shows that something 'exists from (A)'. This grammar pattern will be used when making an estimation where the minimum is being guessed. からある is a combination of the case-marking particle から 'from', and the う-Verb ある 'to be'.

からある will appear after numbers and counters.

からある has a tendency to appear most frequently when describing things that are thought to be static, such as distances, sizes, or weights.

Caution

Following the standard rules of いる and ある, いる will need to be used if something living is being counted.

  • この会社(かいしゃ)には正社員(せいしゃいん)が３０００人(さんぜんにん)からいる。
    There are as many as 3000 full time workers in this company.

    • However, this is not a common use of this grammar structure, with からの almost always being used in place of からいる for counting living things.

  • あのコンサートには一(いち)万(まん)人(にん)からの人数(にんずう)がいる。
    There are as many as 10,000 people at that concert.

Examples

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    百匹(ひゃっぴき)からいるネズミをどうやって退治(たいじ)するのか！

    How do you get rid of as many as 100 mice!

    「富士山(ふじさん)はここから二百(にひゃっ)キロからあるのに、よく見(み)えます。」

    'Mt. Fuji is as many as 200 kilometers from here, and yet it is quite visible.'

    オーストラリアの大火事(おおかじ)で１０億(じゅうおく)匹(ひき)からいる動物(どうぶつ)が焼死(しょうし)した。

    As many as one billion animals perished in the Australian fires.

    狼(おおかみ)は、人間(にんげん)には聞(き)こえない音(おと)が聞(き)こえる。また、体重(たいじゅう)が八十(はちじゅっ)キロからある個体(こたい)もある。

    Wolves can hear sounds that are inaudible to humans. Also, some specimens weigh as much as 80 kilograms.

    名探偵(めいたんてい)ゴナン：「犯人(はんにん)は少(すく)なくとも３人(さんにん)からいます。」

    The great detective Gonan: 'There are, at the very least, as many as three culprits.'

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