GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5
Guided Japanese Course
A mastery path for complete beginners and technology professionals.
HOW THIS COURSE WORKS
Follow the path. Advance by mastery.
The primary path tells you what to do next. You can still open any available lesson, but completion is based on checkpoints rather than calendar days.
FULL TARGET CURRICULUM
Tracks 0–10
TRACK 4 · 4-2
から: Because / So
Use から after a reason clause to explain why a decision, action, or evaluation follows.
- Basic polite noun/adjective/verb sentences.
Technical communication is full of causes: because the test failed, we will check it; because the system is old, it is slow. から is the first major tool for connecting reason to action.
1. Put the reason before から
A beginner-safe pattern is [reason] から、[result/action]. Structurally, から marks the preceding statement as the reason.
Natural: Because the test is difficult, I will check again.
Structure: test is difficult — because — again check
Professional reason.
Natural: Because there is a meeting tomorrow, I will prepare.
Structure: tomorrow meeting exists — because — prepare
Schedule reason.
Natural: Because this system is old, it is slow.
Structure: system old — because — slow
Cause/evaluation.
2. Japanese normally states the reason before the consequence
English can say 'I will prepare because there is a meeting.' Beginner practice is easiest with reason + から + result.
3. から connects complete thoughts
At this level, keep the clause before から grammatically complete. That keeps tense and adjective/noun forms visible.
4. Root-cause worksheet
Write eight cause→result pairs: four technical/work and four daily-life/study. Draw an arrow from the reason to the result and box から.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHEET
4. Root-cause worksheet
Create 8 reason→result sentences using から. Include adjective, existence/noun, and verb/action reasons.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
4. Root-cause worksheet
Create 8 reason→result sentences using から. Include adjective, existence/noun, and verb/action reasons.
5. Treat から like causal tracing
The IDE is useful for clause boundaries; Tsundoku shows how natural English may reorder the cause.
Language IDE
Why here: A causal sentence has two meaning blocks connected by から.
How to use it for this lesson: Build a reason clause and a result clause separately, then connect them. Label CAUSE and EFFECT.
Debug から →Tsundoku Reading Nook
Why here: Natural translations may move 'because' while literal mode exposes Japanese clause order.
How to use it for this lesson: Find two から sentences and identify the reason before opening English.
Inspect causal sentences →Mastery checkpoint
Answer from memory. If you miss one, identify whether the failure was vocabulary, conjugation, particle choice, or meaning before retrying.
