interjection
yes; yea; aye; affirmative
Archaic or formal interjection meaning 'yes' or 'it is so'. Not used in modern everyday speech; may appear in historical or literary contexts.
「されば、しかり」と老人はうなずいた。
"Indeed, yes," the old man nodded.
irregular -ru verb (-ri ending), intransitive verb
to be so
Archaic verb meaning 'to be so' or 'to be like that'. The plain form しかり is the dictionary form of an irregular ru-verb. Modern Japanese uses そうである or その通りである instead.
古語に曰く、「然り」と。
An old word says, 'It is so.'
Classical Japanese; derived from 然 (shika, 'so') + あり (ari, 'to be'). The modern equivalent is そうである.