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I have learned about two uses of から which is for "from" and for "because". But
for using of から for "because" that is warning that you have to use だから for Na
adjective and unconjugated verb because it will be mistaken for から for "from".
What I want to ask is how you use から to mean "from" for other than Na
adjective and unconjugated verb (I adjective and verbal clause) without it
being mistaken for から which means "because"?
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particle-から
Use of から　which means "from", for i-adjective
から in the sense of _"from"_ must follow a noun or nominal phrase, or a verb in
the conjunctive _‑ te_ form. It simply doesn't make sense to put から after an
adjective to mean _"from"_ + `[ADJECTIVE]`, much as it doesn't make sense in
English to put _"from"_ before an adjective: for instance, _"from happy"_ or
_"from reddish"_ or _"from sour"_ , these are all just gibberish.

**Note:** The comments under the question introduce some confusion, by
suggesting that turning an _‑ i_ adjective into a _‑ ku_ adverb allows one to
add から in the "from" sense. This is a mistake, as the example phrase _tōku
kara_ is an exception.

Both 遠く ( _tōku_ ) and 近く ( _chikaku_ ) are special. These are composed as
adverbs (the averbial _‑ ku_ forms of regular adjectives ending in _‑ i_), but
they have also **lexicalized** (see
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicalization)): that is, in
certain contexts, they act instead as standalone words of their own with
different grammatical rules. Specifically, depending on context, these two
words change from adverbs to nouns: 遠く means both _"distantly"_ as an adverb,
and _"a far-away location"_ as a noun; 近く means both _"nearly, closely"_ as an
adverb, and _"a nearby location"_ as a noun. Thus, 遠くから ( _tōku kara_ )
equates grammatically to `[NOUN]` + から ( _"from"_ ).

Using から ( _"from"_ ) after other _‑ ku_ adverbs does not work. For instance,
*良くから ( _yoku kara_ , " _from well"_ ), *美しくから ( _utsukushiku kara_ , _"from
beautifully"_ ), *赤くから ( _akaku kara_ , _"from redly"_ ) are all incorrect,
and make about as much sense in Japanese as they do in English.

_( **PS:** If this does not fully answer your question, please rephrase.)_
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