しかし

しかし · shikashi · JLPT N5 · conjunction

but

shikashi = she-CASH-she: she has cash, HOWEVER she won't spend it

Say shikashi aloud as she-cash-she. The hook sentence pivots on the word itself: she has cash, however she keeps it. しかし opens a sentence to contrast with what came before, a bit more formal than でも.

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