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Formation: N + からすると／からすれば／からしたら

This pattern has two uses. It can give the evidence for a guess (judging from X), or it can take someone's point of view (from X's standpoint). In the first use, the main clause is usually a judgment or guess, often ending in だろう, らしい or に違いない. It is not used for requests or for what the speaker intends to do. The pattern is neutral in register; からすれば is slightly more written and からしたら more spoken. Compare it with 〜からして: that pattern picks out one typical detail (名前からして怪しい, even the name is suspicious). 〜から言うと／から言えば states a criterion or field and does not normally follow a person. 〜にしたら／にすれば only takes a person's point of view, usually imagining how someone else feels.

Variants: からすれば、からしたら、からすると

Examples

• 足跡の大きさからすると、犯人は大柄な男だろう。
  Judging from the size of the footprints, the culprit is probably a large man.
• 住民からすれば、工場の移転は死活問題だ。
  From the residents' standpoint, moving the factory is a matter of life and death.
• 今の成績からすると、合格は難しいかもしれない。
  Judging from your current grades, passing may be difficult.

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