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Formation: N + からして; N + からしても

〜からして has two uses. First, it picks out a basic or obvious part of something (the name, the entrance, someone's way of talking) and says that even this shows a quality, so the rest goes without saying. This use is often critical, as in 彼は服装からしてだらしない, but it can also be positive. Second, it means 'judging from', taking something visible as evidence for a guess, and the sentence often ends in ようだ, らしい or に違いない. It attaches only to nouns and is used in both speech and writing. In the 'judging from' use it overlaps with 〜からすると, but からして is mostly limited to concrete clues such as looks or attitude, while からすると also expresses a person's viewpoint. Compared with さえ or すら ('even'), the first use of からして stresses starting from the most basic element and moving to the whole.

Variants: からしても

Examples

• この店は入り口からして高級感が漂っている。
  Even the entrance of this shop gives off an air of luxury.
• 彼は服装からしてだらしない。
  He's sloppy, starting with the way he dresses.
• あの表情からして、試験はうまくいかなかったようだ。
  Judging from that look, the exam didn't go well.

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