N2 — outside your level filter
て以来
ていらいte iraiN2neutral
Same meaning1
after a gap of; ever since
All examples4
ever since — the situation has held right up to now
この町に引っ越して以来、毎朝歩いて通っている。
kono machi ni hikkoshite irai, maiasa aruite kayotte iru.
I have walked to work every morning ever since moving to this town. neutral
日本に来て以来、ずっと日本語を勉強している。
nihon ni kite irai, zutto nihongo o benkyou shite iru.
I have been studying Japanese hard ever since coming to Japan. neutral
大学卒業以来、毎年友人と再会している。
daigaku sotsugyou irai, mainen yuujin to saikai shite iru.
I have been seeing my friends every year since my graduation. neutral
その事故以来、彼は自分の人生をもっと真摯に考えるようになった。
sono jiko irai, kare wa jibun no jinsei o motto shinshi ni kangaeru you ni natta.
Since that accident, he started thinking much more seriously about his own life. neutral
How it's formed2
All forms1
てこのかたtekonokataliterary
味わってこのかた
bookish twin of て以来, almost always followed by a negative or a "not once" — 就職してこのかた、休んだことがない. Rare in conversation.
Notes
follows must still hold now, so a closed-off past event can't follow it.