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て以来 details

write + (and…) + ever since — the state that started then has held unbroken up to now

kaite irai

ever since — the state that started then has held unbroken up to now

meaning: ever since writing

このまち引っ越しひっこしいらい毎朝まいあさあるいてかよっている。

kono machi ni hikkoshite irai, maiasa aruite kayotte iru.

I have walked to work every morning ever since moving to this town. neutral

あのけんかして以来いらい、あいつとはくちをきいてない。

ano hi kenka shite irai, aitsu to wa kuchi o kiitenai.

I haven't spoken to him since the day we had that fight. casual

  • て-form
  • noun
  • literary

Examples

ever since — since that event, the situation has held right up to now

このまちしていらい、毎朝まいあさあるいてかよっている。

kono machi ni hikkoshiteirai, maiasa aruite kayotte iru.

I have walked to work every morning ever since moving to this town. neutral

あのけんかして以来いらい、あいつとはくちをきいてない。

ano hi kenka shite irai, aitsu to wa kuchi o kiitenai.

I haven't spoken to him since the day we had that fight. casual

弊社へいしゃ創業そうぎょう以来いらい品質ひんしつ第一だいいちまもってまいりました。

heisha wa sougyou irai, hinshitsu daiichi o mamotte mairimashita.

We have upheld quality first ever since our founding. formal

Formation

Variant notes

Notes

以来 joins a noun bare (卒業そつぎょう以来いらい), never with の. The main
clause must still hold now, so a closed-off past event cannot follow it.

Related patterns

Similar

  • てから marks a starting point and nothing more, so it takes any span and any following event (さっききてからコーヒーをんだ); て以来 additionally claims the resulting state has run unbroken to the present, which is why a short span sounds off under it — ?一時間いちじかんまえ以来いらい where 一時間前に来てから is unremarkable.

  • Both frame a long gap, from opposite ends: ぶりに measures the gap and needs a number (三年さんねんぶりにった), while て以来 names the event that opened it and forbids a measurement in its own slot — ×三年ぶり以来.

Same meaning

before / after doing

PatternAttaches to
あげくに
あとで
ぶりに
か〜ないかのうちに
かと思うと
までに
まえに
に当たって
に際して
に先立って
際に
次第
末に
た途端に
たびに
て初めて
てから
と同時に
とき
ところに
上で