しかし (しかし) — Japanese Vocabulary
しかし — しかし (shikashi) Part of speech: Conjunction (接続詞) JLPT level: N4 Reading: しかし (shikashi) Meaning: however, but Word Breakdown しかし (shikashi) is a kana-only word. It is derived from the classical Japanese verb shikaru (然る), meaning "to be so" or "to be thus," combined with the particle shi (し), which indicates a past or completed state. Etymologically, it literally translates to "that being the case" or "it having been...