しかし

Japanese

Alternative forms

(rare) 然 (しか)し (shikashi), 併 (しか)し (shikashi)
(informal, emphatic) しっかし (shikkashi)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しかし [shìkáꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕi̥ka̠ɕi̥]

Conjunction

しかし (rōmaji shikashi)

but; however
- 1911, 与謝野晶子, 産屋物語:
  しかし男 (おとこ)は必 (かなら)ずしもそうと限 (かぎ)りません。
  Shikashi otoko wa kanarazushimo sō to kagirimasen.
  But men are not always like that.

Etymology 2

Kanji reading.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) しかし [shìkáꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɕika̠ɕi]

Noun

しかし (rōmaji shikashi, historical hiragana しくわし)

私窩子, 私窠子: prostitute

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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