厳し | Shirabe

し

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Common

し

Meaning

1. ①
  
  and; besides; moreover; what's more; not only ... but also
  
  トムも来こなかったしジェーンも来こなかった。
  
  Tom didn't come, nor did Jane.
2. ②
  
  because; since
  
  usu. indicates one of several reasons
3. ③
  
  the thing is; for one thing
  
  at sentence end; gives reason for an unstated but deducible conclusion
1. ①
  
  EN し, in hiragana, or シ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.
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