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しかない, しか無い
Expression, after a verb
1. having no choice but to ..., all one can do is ..., there's nothing to do except ...
after a noun or counter
2. having nothing but ..., there is only ..., having only ..., having no more than ...
金は少ししかない。
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敷く, しく
Conjugated: しかない
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to spread out (e.g. a futon), to lay out
sometimes written as 藉く
2. to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
sometimes written as 布く
3. to impose widely (e.g. martial law), to promulgate
See 尻に敷く
4. to pin down, to hold down
5. to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
私は、ポーチに敷く木製のデッキパネルを購入したいと思います。
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如く, 若く, 及く, しく
Conjugated: しかない
Godan verb, Intransitive, formal or literary term
1. to match, to equal
Yodan verb, Archaism
2. to catch up with, to overtake
彼は脱兎のごとく逃げた。
頻く, しく
Conjugated: しかない
Godan verb, Intransitive, Archaism, is v4k
to occur repeatedly, to be repeated
しがない
1. worthless, insignificant, unimportant, trivial
2. poor, miserable, wretched, humble
なあに、しがないサラリーマンですよ。
でしかない
Expression
is nothing but, is nothing more than, is only, is no more than
彼は単なる愚か者でしかない。
幸運の女神は前髪しかない, こううんのめがみはまえがみしかない
Expression, Proverb
opportunity has hair in front, but behind she is bald, opportunity only knocks once