What does からか mean?
I'm translating the following sentence from a book (exact sentence is directly after dialogue in the picture).
興奮からか銀髪の外国人の口調は、いつになく流暢だった。
I have absolutely zero clue what "からか" means in general and in the context of the above sentence, as I've never encountered it before in my Japanese classes (I know what "から" and the sentence-ending "か" mean, but not this). Can someone explain what it means?
Edit: Based on Ringil's answer, would the following be a possible, accurate translation while taking the からか into account?
"The doubtful interest in the silver-haired foreigner’s voice was unusually fluent."
grammar translation particle-から particle-か modality
edited 3 hours ago
snailboat♦
37.1k7106188
asked 7 hours ago
Toyu_FreyToyu_Frey
1978
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I'm translating the following sentence from a book (exact sentence is directly after dialogue in the picture).
興奮からか銀髪の外国人の口調は、いつになく流暢だった。
I have absolutely zero clue what "からか" means in general and in the context of the above sentence, as I've never encountered it before in my Japanese classes (I know what "から" and the sentence-ending "か" mean, but not this). Can someone explain what it means?
Edit: Based on Ringil's answer, would the following be a possible, accurate translation while taking the からか into account?
"The doubtful interest in the silver-haired foreigner’s voice was unusually fluent."
grammar translation particle-から particle-か modality
edited 3 hours ago
snailboat♦
37.1k7106188
asked 7 hours ago
Toyu_FreyToyu_Frey
1978
@Chocolate How did you turn my picture so that it was rotated the correct way? (I want to know for future use)
– Toyu_Frey
6 hours ago
1
パソコンにダウンロードして、「右に回転」して、またアップロードしました
– Chocolate♦
6 hours ago
Related, perhaps? japanese.stackexchange.com/q/29878/9831 / japanese.stackexchange.com/q/60298/9831
– Chocolate♦
6 hours ago
@Chocolate 私のパソコンに映像を正しくアップロードじゃないかった。回転した見てないにアップロードした。
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago
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I'm translating the following sentence from a book (exact sentence is directly after dialogue in the picture).
興奮からか銀髪の外国人の口調は、いつになく流暢だった。
I have absolutely zero clue what "からか" means in general and in the context of the above sentence, as I've never encountered it before in my Japanese classes (I know what "から" and the sentence-ending "か" mean, but not this). Can someone explain what it means?
Edit: Based on Ringil's answer, would the following be a possible, accurate translation while taking the からか into account?
"The doubtful interest in the silver-haired foreigner’s voice was unusually fluent."
grammar translation particle-から particle-か modality
edited 3 hours ago
snailboat♦
37.1k7106188
asked 7 hours ago
Toyu_FreyToyu_Frey
1978
I'm translating the following sentence from a book (exact sentence is directly after dialogue in the picture).
興奮からか銀髪の外国人の口調は、いつになく流暢だった。
I have absolutely zero clue what "からか" means in general and in the context of the above sentence, as I've never encountered it before in my Japanese classes (I know what "から" and the sentence-ending "か" mean, but not this). Can someone explain what it means?
Edit: Based on Ringil's answer, would the following be a possible, accurate translation while taking the からか into account?
"The doubtful interest in the silver-haired foreigner’s voice was unusually fluent."
grammar translation particle-から particle-か modality
grammar translation particle-から particle-か modality
edited 3 hours ago
snailboat♦
37.1k7106188
asked 7 hours ago
Toyu_FreyToyu_Frey
1978
edited 3 hours ago
snailboat♦
37.1k7106188
asked 7 hours ago
Toyu_FreyToyu_Frey
1978
edited 3 hours ago
snailboat♦
37.1k7106188
edited 3 hours ago
snailboat♦
37.1k7106188
edited 3 hours ago
snailboat♦
37.1k7106188
37.1k7106188
asked 7 hours ago
Toyu_FreyToyu_Frey
1978
asked 7 hours ago
Toyu_FreyToyu_Frey
1978
asked 7 hours ago
Toyu_FreyToyu_Frey
1978
1978
@Chocolate How did you turn my picture so that it was rotated the correct way? (I want to know for future use)
– Toyu_Frey
6 hours ago
1
パソコンにダウンロードして、「右に回転」して、またアップロードしました
– Chocolate♦
6 hours ago
Related, perhaps? japanese.stackexchange.com/q/29878/9831 / japanese.stackexchange.com/q/60298/9831
– Chocolate♦
6 hours ago
@Chocolate 私のパソコンに映像を正しくアップロードじゃないかった。回転した見てないにアップロードした。
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago
add a comment |
@Chocolate How did you turn my picture so that it was rotated the correct way? (I want to know for future use)
– Toyu_Frey
6 hours ago
1
パソコンにダウンロードして、「右に回転」して、またアップロードしました
– Chocolate♦
6 hours ago
Related, perhaps? japanese.stackexchange.com/q/29878/9831 / japanese.stackexchange.com/q/60298/9831
– Chocolate♦
6 hours ago
@Chocolate 私のパソコンに映像を正しくアップロードじゃないかった。回転した見てないにアップロードした。
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago
@Chocolate How did you turn my picture so that it was rotated the correct way? (I want to know for future use)
– Toyu_Frey
6 hours ago
@Chocolate How did you turn my picture so that it was rotated the correct way? (I want to know for future use)
– Toyu_Frey
6 hours ago
1
1
パソコンにダウンロードして、「右に回転」して、またアップロードしました
– Chocolate♦
6 hours ago
パソコンにダウンロードして、「右に回転」して、またアップロードしました
– Chocolate♦
6 hours ago
Related, perhaps? japanese.stackexchange.com/q/29878/9831 / japanese.stackexchange.com/q/60298/9831
– Chocolate♦
6 hours ago
Related, perhaps? japanese.stackexchange.com/q/29878/9831 / japanese.stackexchange.com/q/60298/9831
– Chocolate♦
6 hours ago
@Chocolate 私のパソコンに映像を正しくアップロードじゃないかった。回転した見てないにアップロードした。
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago
@Chocolate 私のパソコンに映像を正しくアップロードじゃないかった。回転した見てないにアップロードした。
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago
add a comment |
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(I know what "から" and the sentence-ending "か" mean, but not this)
Yes, it's this から followed by this か. から here is a reason/cause marker. か is a question marker but is used like "presumably" or "probably" here. And 興奮 is "excitement", not "doubtful interest".
- 興奮: excitement
- 興奮から: due to his excitement, ...
- 興奮からか: presumably due to his excitement, ...; maybe he was excited, so...
This type of か meaning "presumably" can be used with a few other particles and a te-form. Examples:
私がベジタリアンであることを知らずにか、彼は肉料理の話をしている。
Presumably not knowing I am a vegetarian, he is talking about meat dishes.
昨日の口論のせいでか、彼女は学校を休んだ。
Probably because of the yesterday's argument, she was absent from school.
私が溜息をつくのを見てか、彼女は私に声をかけてきた。
Perhaps she saw me sigh; she came and spoke to me.
answered 4 hours ago
narutonaruto
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You should think of this like から+か. If there wasn't a か, the following would just be a statement of a fact. The から is used to give the reason for the unusual fluency of the foreigner (in this case it is because the foreigner was excited/agitated).
興奮から銀髪の外国人の口調は、いつになく流暢だった。
With the か, the speaker is no longer certain for the reason. The speaker is now only speculating that the reason for the unusual fluency was because the foreigner was excited/agitated. The か indicates speculation/doubt. You might have seen a phrase like 本当かどうか before. It's the same idea.
answered 5 hours ago
RingilRingil
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So then からか means speculation or doubt in the context of the sentence?
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago
1
@Toyu_Frey You should think of it like から+か. The から gives a reason and the か indicates that that reason is speculative.
– Ringil
4 hours ago
add a comment |
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(I know what "から" and the sentence-ending "か" mean, but not this)
Yes, it's this から followed by this か. から here is a reason/cause marker. か is a question marker but is used like "presumably" or "probably" here. And 興奮 is "excitement", not "doubtful interest".
- 興奮: excitement
- 興奮から: due to his excitement, ...
- 興奮からか: presumably due to his excitement, ...; maybe he was excited, so...
This type of か meaning "presumably" can be used with a few other particles and a te-form. Examples:
私がベジタリアンであることを知らずにか、彼は肉料理の話をしている。
Presumably not knowing I am a vegetarian, he is talking about meat dishes.
昨日の口論のせいでか、彼女は学校を休んだ。
Probably because of the yesterday's argument, she was absent from school.
私が溜息をつくのを見てか、彼女は私に声をかけてきた。
Perhaps she saw me sigh; she came and spoke to me.
answered 4 hours ago
narutonaruto
158k8151296
add a comment |
(I know what "から" and the sentence-ending "か" mean, but not this)
Yes, it's this から followed by this か. から here is a reason/cause marker. か is a question marker but is used like "presumably" or "probably" here. And 興奮 is "excitement", not "doubtful interest".
- 興奮: excitement
- 興奮から: due to his excitement, ...
- 興奮からか: presumably due to his excitement, ...; maybe he was excited, so...
This type of か meaning "presumably" can be used with a few other particles and a te-form. Examples:
私がベジタリアンであることを知らずにか、彼は肉料理の話をしている。
Presumably not knowing I am a vegetarian, he is talking about meat dishes.
昨日の口論のせいでか、彼女は学校を休んだ。
Probably because of the yesterday's argument, she was absent from school.
私が溜息をつくのを見てか、彼女は私に声をかけてきた。
Perhaps she saw me sigh; she came and spoke to me.
answered 4 hours ago
narutonaruto
158k8151296
add a comment |
(I know what "から" and the sentence-ending "か" mean, but not this)
Yes, it's this から followed by this か. から here is a reason/cause marker. か is a question marker but is used like "presumably" or "probably" here. And 興奮 is "excitement", not "doubtful interest".
- 興奮: excitement
- 興奮から: due to his excitement, ...
- 興奮からか: presumably due to his excitement, ...; maybe he was excited, so...
This type of か meaning "presumably" can be used with a few other particles and a te-form. Examples:
私がベジタリアンであることを知らずにか、彼は肉料理の話をしている。
Presumably not knowing I am a vegetarian, he is talking about meat dishes.
昨日の口論のせいでか、彼女は学校を休んだ。
Probably because of the yesterday's argument, she was absent from school.
私が溜息をつくのを見てか、彼女は私に声をかけてきた。
Perhaps she saw me sigh; she came and spoke to me.
answered 4 hours ago
narutonaruto
158k8151296
(I know what "から" and the sentence-ending "か" mean, but not this)
Yes, it's this から followed by this か. から here is a reason/cause marker. か is a question marker but is used like "presumably" or "probably" here. And 興奮 is "excitement", not "doubtful interest".
- 興奮: excitement
- 興奮から: due to his excitement, ...
- 興奮からか: presumably due to his excitement, ...; maybe he was excited, so...
This type of か meaning "presumably" can be used with a few other particles and a te-form. Examples:
私がベジタリアンであることを知らずにか、彼は肉料理の話をしている。
Presumably not knowing I am a vegetarian, he is talking about meat dishes.
昨日の口論のせいでか、彼女は学校を休んだ。
Probably because of the yesterday's argument, she was absent from school.
私が溜息をつくのを見てか、彼女は私に声をかけてきた。
Perhaps she saw me sigh; she came and spoke to me.
answered 4 hours ago
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answered 4 hours ago
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You should think of this like から+か. If there wasn't a か, the following would just be a statement of a fact. The から is used to give the reason for the unusual fluency of the foreigner (in this case it is because the foreigner was excited/agitated).
興奮から銀髪の外国人の口調は、いつになく流暢だった。
With the か, the speaker is no longer certain for the reason. The speaker is now only speculating that the reason for the unusual fluency was because the foreigner was excited/agitated. The か indicates speculation/doubt. You might have seen a phrase like 本当かどうか before. It's the same idea.
answered 5 hours ago
RingilRingil
3,76021133
So then からか means speculation or doubt in the context of the sentence?
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago
1
@Toyu_Frey You should think of it like から+か. The から gives a reason and the か indicates that that reason is speculative.
– Ringil
4 hours ago
add a comment |
You should think of this like から+か. If there wasn't a か, the following would just be a statement of a fact. The から is used to give the reason for the unusual fluency of the foreigner (in this case it is because the foreigner was excited/agitated).
興奮から銀髪の外国人の口調は、いつになく流暢だった。
With the か, the speaker is no longer certain for the reason. The speaker is now only speculating that the reason for the unusual fluency was because the foreigner was excited/agitated. The か indicates speculation/doubt. You might have seen a phrase like 本当かどうか before. It's the same idea.
answered 5 hours ago
RingilRingil
3,76021133
So then からか means speculation or doubt in the context of the sentence?
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago
1
@Toyu_Frey You should think of it like から+か. The から gives a reason and the か indicates that that reason is speculative.
– Ringil
4 hours ago
add a comment |
You should think of this like から+か. If there wasn't a か, the following would just be a statement of a fact. The から is used to give the reason for the unusual fluency of the foreigner (in this case it is because the foreigner was excited/agitated).
興奮から銀髪の外国人の口調は、いつになく流暢だった。
With the か, the speaker is no longer certain for the reason. The speaker is now only speculating that the reason for the unusual fluency was because the foreigner was excited/agitated. The か indicates speculation/doubt. You might have seen a phrase like 本当かどうか before. It's the same idea.
answered 5 hours ago
RingilRingil
3,76021133
You should think of this like から+か. If there wasn't a か, the following would just be a statement of a fact. The から is used to give the reason for the unusual fluency of the foreigner (in this case it is because the foreigner was excited/agitated).
興奮から銀髪の外国人の口調は、いつになく流暢だった。
With the か, the speaker is no longer certain for the reason. The speaker is now only speculating that the reason for the unusual fluency was because the foreigner was excited/agitated. The か indicates speculation/doubt. You might have seen a phrase like 本当かどうか before. It's the same idea.
answered 5 hours ago
RingilRingil
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edited 4 hours ago
answered 5 hours ago
RingilRingil
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answered 5 hours ago
RingilRingil
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answered 5 hours ago
RingilRingil
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So then からか means speculation or doubt in the context of the sentence?
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago
1
@Toyu_Frey You should think of it like から+か. The から gives a reason and the か indicates that that reason is speculative.
– Ringil
4 hours ago
add a comment |
So then からか means speculation or doubt in the context of the sentence?
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago
1
@Toyu_Frey You should think of it like から+か. The から gives a reason and the か indicates that that reason is speculative.
– Ringil
4 hours ago
So then からか means speculation or doubt in the context of the sentence?
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago
So then からか means speculation or doubt in the context of the sentence?
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago
1
1
@Toyu_Frey You should think of it like から+か. The から gives a reason and the か indicates that that reason is speculative.
– Ringil
4 hours ago
@Toyu_Frey You should think of it like から+か. The から gives a reason and the か indicates that that reason is speculative.
– Ringil
4 hours ago
add a comment |
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@Chocolate How did you turn my picture so that it was rotated the correct way? (I want to know for future use)
– Toyu_Frey
6 hours ago
1
パソコンにダウンロードして、「右に回転」して、またアップロードしました
– Chocolate♦
6 hours ago
Related, perhaps? japanese.stackexchange.com/q/29878/9831 / japanese.stackexchange.com/q/60298/9831
– Chocolate♦
6 hours ago
@Chocolate 私のパソコンに映像を正しくアップロードじゃないかった。回転した見てないにアップロードした。
– Toyu_Frey
5 hours ago