Bysurface analysis,し(shi) +か(ka).
しか• (shika)
- (chiefly in the negative, binding particle)nothing but,only
- 頑張るしかない。
- Ganbarushika nai.
- All we can do is keep on trying our best.
- (literally, “There is nothingbut trying our best.”)
- 品質が高すぎて本物にしか見えない。
- Hinshitsu ga takasugite honmono nishika mienai.
- The quality is so high that it looks just like the real thing.
- (literally, “The quality is so high that I can't see it as anythingexcept the real thing.”)
- 曖昧にしか語らなかった
- aimai nishika kataranakatta
- only spoke vaguely
- (literally, “did not speakexcept vaguely”)
- (sentence ending particle)Used to express one'sdesire.
- Synonym:しが
- しか(shika,binding particle) is always used with a negative verb; as such, another interpretation could be "except for". It directly follows "the thing considered as the only choice", and always comes before the negative particle.
- 私しかこれを買わない
- watashi shika kore o kawanai
- OnlyI will buy this. / No one else will buy this.
- 私はこれしか買わない
- watashi wakore shika kawanai
- I will buy onlythis.
- 私はこれを買うしかない
- watashi wa kore okau shika nai
- I have tobuy this.
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| 【鹿】4 | - [noun]deer
- [noun](historical) prostitute in the Osaka licensed quarter whose fee was 16 momme; the grade below the太夫(tayū), and the天神(tenjin)
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(This term,しか(shika), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read asしか, seeCategory:Japanese kanji read as しか. |
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| 【歯科】 | - [noun]dentistry
- [noun](by extension) a dentist's office
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(This term,しか(shika), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read asしか, seeCategory:Japanese kanji read as しか. |
(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet:史科,四火,四果,四科,死火,糸価,私家,知客,師家,疵瑕,紙花,紙価,翅果,詞花,詩家,賜暇,子夏.)
しか• (-shika)
- (Classical Japanese)realis form ofき(ki,“-ed [past tense indicator]”)
しか• (shika)
- (Classical Japanese)that way; like that
- Synonyms:(Classical Japanese)さ,そう
