然しかるをじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1conjunctioneven so; though that may beArchaic conjunction used in classical Japanese to mean 'even so' or 'nevertheless'. In modern Japanese, it is replaced by expressions like それでも or そうではあるが.古こ典てん文ぶん学がくでは、「しかるを」が逆ぎゃく接せつの接せつ続ぞく詞しとして使つかわれることがある。Break this sentence down in the analyzerIn classical literature, しかるを is sometimes used as a concessive conjunction.