"しか" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shika",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "しか • (shika)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
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  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "_dis": "90 10",
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
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        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "literally, “There is nothing but trying our best.”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "頑",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "張",
              "ば"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "頑張るしかない。\nGanbaru shika nai.\nAll we can do is keep on trying our best."
        },
        {
          "english": "literally, “The quality is so high that I can't see it as anything except the real thing.”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "品質",
              "ひんしつ"
            ],
            [
              "高",
              "たか"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "物",
              "もの"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "品質が高すぎて本物にしか見えない。\nHinshitsu ga takasugite honmono ni shika mienai.\nThe quality is so high that it looks just like the real thing."
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "曖",
              "あい"
            ],
            [
              "昧",
              "まい"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "曖昧にしか語らなかった\naimai ni shika kataranakatta\nonly spoke vaguely\n(literally, “did not speak except vaguely”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nothing but, only (followed by negative verb)"
      ],
      "id": "en-しか-ja-particle-eNYeMeCS",
      "links": [
        [
          "nothing but",
          "nothing but"
        ],
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "binding particle",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(binding particle) nothing but, only (followed by negative verb)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to express one's desire."
      ],
      "id": "en-しか-ja-particle-1x2FlSK2",
      "links": [
        [
          "desire",
          "desire#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "sentence ending particle",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sentence ending particle) Used to express one's desire."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "しが"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しか"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕi̥ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shikya",
      "word": "しきゃ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kkya",
      "word": "っきゃ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "しか"
}

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    "Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese particles",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with audio links",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shika",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "しか • (shika)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "literally, “There is nothing but trying our best.”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "頑",
              "がん"
            ],
            [
              "張",
              "ば"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "頑張るしかない。\nGanbaru shika nai.\nAll we can do is keep on trying our best."
        },
        {
          "english": "literally, “The quality is so high that I can't see it as anything except the real thing.”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "品質",
              "ひんしつ"
            ],
            [
              "高",
              "たか"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "物",
              "もの"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "品質が高すぎて本物にしか見えない。\nHinshitsu ga takasugite honmono ni shika mienai.\nThe quality is so high that it looks just like the real thing."
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "曖",
              "あい"
            ],
            [
              "昧",
              "まい"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "曖昧にしか語らなかった\naimai ni shika kataranakatta\nonly spoke vaguely\n(literally, “did not speak except vaguely”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nothing but, only (followed by negative verb)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nothing but",
          "nothing but"
        ],
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "binding particle",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(binding particle) nothing but, only (followed by negative verb)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to express one's desire."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "desire",
          "desire#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "sentence ending particle",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sentence ending particle) Used to express one's desire."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "しが"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しか"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕi̥ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shikya",
      "word": "しきゃ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kkya",
      "word": "っきゃ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "しか"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "然",
    "鹿"
  ],
  "word": "しか"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "史科",
    "史家",
    "四火",
    "四果",
    "四科",
    "市価",
    "死火",
    "糸価",
    "私家",
    "知客",
    "師家",
    "疵瑕",
    "紙花",
    "紙価",
    "翅果",
    "詞花",
    "歯科",
    "詩家",
    "詩歌",
    "雌花",
    "賜暇",
    "子夏",
    "志賀"
  ],
  "word": "しか"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "しか"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "しか",
  "trace": ""
}