Understanding てからだって

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……こっちに来てからだって、嫌になったらいつでも全部放り出して壁の向こうに帰れるんだ。仲間面される度にむかむかしたよ。安い同情ごっこにいつ飽きて帰るかってみんなで賭けてた」

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How should I make sense of the bold からだって? I think てから means "after" and だって is でも, which means "even if". Do I get it right?

I think you got the gist of it. – zeuswife Apr 16 '22 at 18:30 — zeuswife, Apr 16 '22 at 18:30
Related https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/50296/45489 – sundowner Apr 17 '22 at 00:32 — sundowner, Apr 17 '22 at 00:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 17 '22 at 00:27

Yes, this から is "after; since; from".

This だって is a colloquial and emphatic topic marker which means "also; even" (but not "even if"). It's interchangeable with も or すら. See: Why can だって have so many meanings?

こっちに来てからだって
= こっちに来てからも

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Understanding てからだって

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