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I frequently saw or heard the word "から" in some Japanese TV shows, I know the word basically means "since" or "from", but it seems can't always be translated like that.

Here's a sentence from the caption of a Japanese TV show:

"ここは もう 何年も 使ってない部屋らしいからねぇ。"

The English translation is "It seems that this room hasn't been used for years."

The meaning "since" or "from" all don't match the translation, so what exactly does "からねぇ" mean in this sentence?

Philip Chou
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    Maybe this: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/58108/can-%e3%81%8b%e3%82%89-mean-%e3%81%9d%e3%82%8c%e3%81%a7%e3%81%af/58119#58119 – user3856370 Jan 05 '21 at 15:43
  • @user3856370 Thanks for sharing the link, the answers in that page are exactly what I was looking for. I think that's the correct answer to my question. Thank you so much! – Philip Chou Jan 06 '21 at 06:32
  • @Eddie Kal , yes, it does, I had confirmed in the comment above. – Philip Chou Jan 07 '21 at 05:22
  • Oh that was a system auto-generated comment from my duplicate suggestion. I didn't even notice that comment was posted. Once you confirm the duplicate, the comment will automatically disappear. Voila. – Eddie Kal Jan 07 '21 at 05:24
  • @Eddie Kal , oh I see. Now I've confirmed the duplicate. – Philip Chou Jan 07 '21 at 05:27
  • @PhilipChou, Can you give the surrounding context? Since it doesn't appear to me that the から has the same meaning as the から in the duplicate question. – Chocolate Jan 08 '21 at 17:54
  • @Chocolate Sorry for the late response, I had not come to this site for a long time so I just saw your comment. The surrounding context is like this: The location is in a hotel on a remote island, the island has no visitors for a long time and therefore no cleaners work there, so the hotel is dirty and needs to be cleaned by guests themselves. A guy is about to clean a hotel room, and another guy stands next to him, then a woman (one of their friends) comes in, looks around the room (the room is dirty as mentioned above), and said to the two guys: "ここは もう 何年も 使ってない部屋らしいからねぇ。" – Philip Chou Jan 12 '22 at 10:39

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