"しかし" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "/ɕikari ɕi/ → /ɕikaɕɕi/ → /ɕikaɕi/\nOriginally 然り (shikari, “being like so”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 然り (shikari, “to be like so”)) + し (shi, the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of past recollective auxiliary き (ki)). This abbreviated from shikari shi to shikasshi, and then shortened further to shikashi.\nThe initial sense may have been parseable as that [preceding statement] being so, ..., much like English phrases such as be that as it may or that said, followed by a statement in opposition to the earlier statement.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shikashi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "しかし • (shikashi)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But men are not always like that.",
          "ref": "1911, 与謝野晶子, 産屋物語",
          "roman": "Shikashi otoko wa kanarazu shi mo sō to kagirimasen.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "必",
              "かなら"
            ],
            [
              "限",
              "かぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかし男は必ずしもそうと限りません。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but, however"
      ],
      "id": "en-しかし-ja-conj-hLMJpaam",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "however",
          "however"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) but, however"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "shikkashi",
          "tags": [
            "emphatic",
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "しっかし"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しかし"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕi̥ka̠ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "しかし"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "私窩子",
    "私窠子"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-しかし-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "しかし"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese conjunctions",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese palindromes",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "/ɕikari ɕi/ → /ɕikaɕɕi/ → /ɕikaɕi/\nOriginally 然り (shikari, “being like so”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 然り (shikari, “to be like so”)) + し (shi, the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of past recollective auxiliary き (ki)). This abbreviated from shikari shi to shikasshi, and then shortened further to shikashi.\nThe initial sense may have been parseable as that [preceding statement] being so, ..., much like English phrases such as be that as it may or that said, followed by a statement in opposition to the earlier statement.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shikashi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "しかし • (shikashi)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese formal terms",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But men are not always like that.",
          "ref": "1911, 与謝野晶子, 産屋物語",
          "roman": "Shikashi otoko wa kanarazu shi mo sō to kagirimasen.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "必",
              "かなら"
            ],
            [
              "限",
              "かぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかし男は必ずしもそうと限りません。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but, however"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "however",
          "however"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) but, however"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しかし"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕi̥ka̠ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shikkashi",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "しっかし"
    }
  ],
  "word": "しかし"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "私窩子",
    "私窠子"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "しかし"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "しかし"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "conjunction",
  "title": "しかし",
  "trace": ""
}