Learn Japanese: kare wa nihongo shika hanasemasen.

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.

From Lesson 327:Saying only or nothing but with しか·Japanese

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Breakdown of kare wa nihongo shika hanasemasen.

only, just; nothing but, no more than

Used together with a negative verb.

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shika watashi wa hyakuen shika motte inai.kono tori wa nihon ni shika sunde imasen.kono menyuu ni wa bejitarian no ryouri ga hitotsu shika nai.watashitachi wa toshi ni ichido shika umi ni ikanai.

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Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita