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  2. /Saying only or nothing but with しか
  3. /kono tori wa nihon ni shika sunde imasen.

kono tori wa nihon ni shika sunde imasen.

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.
kono tori wa nihon ni shika sunde imasen.

Breakdown of kono tori wa nihon ni shika sunde imasen.

はwa
topic particle
日に本ほんnihon
Japan
にni
at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]
このkono
this ... adnominal
住すむsumu
to live in, to reside
〜て いる〜te iru
grammar for indicating an ongoing state or action
鳥とりtori
bird
しかshika
only, just; nothing but, no more than

Used together with a negative verb.

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