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Learn Japanese: shika - only, just; nothing but, no more than

Japanese
/Saying only or nothing but with しか
/shika

shika

Word

しかshika

Meaning

only, just; nothing but, no more than

Part of speech

particle

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Saying only or nothing but with しか

Note

Used together with a negative verb.

Usages of shika

この　鳥とり　は　日に本ほん　に　しか　住すんで　いません。kono tori wa nihon ni shika sunde imasen.

This bird only lives in Japan.

彼かれ　は　日に本ほん語ご　しか　話はなせません。kare wa nihongo shika hanasemasen.

He can speak only Japanese.

私わたし　は　百ひゃく円えん　しか　持もって　いない。watashi wa hyakuen shika motte inai.

I have only 100 yen.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

この　メニュー　に　は　ベジタリアン　の　料りょう理り　が　一ひとつ　しか　ない。kono menyuu ni wa bejitarian no ryouri ga hitotsu shika nai.

There's only one vegetarian dish on this menu.

私わたしたち　は　年とし　に　一いち度ど　しか　海うみ　に　行いかない。watashitachi wa toshi ni ichido shika umi ni ikanai.

We go to the sea only once a year.

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