How to Say ‘Since this morning.’ in Japanese
今朝からです。
kesa kara desu
[keh-sah kah-rah dess]
💬 Usage Tip: [から] marks the point where something starts, so [今朝からです] is literally "it's from this morning." You can swap in other time words the same way: [昨日からです], [9時からです].
Phrase Breakdown
今朝
kesa
[keh-sah]
this morning
今朝 means the morning of today.
今朝からです。
It has been since this morning.
からです
kara desu
since; starting from
Indicates the starting point in time; here it means 'since this morning.'
9時からです。
It starts from 9 o'clock.
Words in this phrase
から
kara
[kah-rah]
from; since
から marks when something started.
今朝からです。
It started this morning.
です
desu
[dess]
is; polite ending
です makes the answer polite.
今朝からです。
It’s been since this morning.
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