N3 — outside your level filter

だけでなく

だけでなくdake de nakuN3neutral

savor + not only ...

ajiwau dake de naku

not only ... (but also)

meaning: not only ...

Same meaning

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜だけでなく
  • 味あじわうだけでなく

この漫画まんが、面白おもしろいだけでなく、勉強べんきょうにもなるんだ。

kono manga, omoshiroi dake de naku, benkyou ni mo naru n da.

This manga isn't only entertaining — it's actually educational too. casual

この店みせ、安やすいだけでなく味あじもいいんだよ。

kono mise, yasui dake de naku aji mo ii n da yo.

This place isn't only cheap — the food's good too. casual

Same meaning14

only; nothing but

All examples6

not only N — adds more than the noun named, usually with も

  1. 彼かれは英語えいごだけでなくフランス語ごも話はなせます。

    kare wa eigo dake de naku furansugo mo hanasemasu.

    He can speak not only English but French as well. neutral

  2. この店みせ、安やすいだけでなく味あじもいいんだよ。

    kono mise, yasui dake de naku aji mo ii n da yo.

    This place isn't only cheap — the food's good too. casual

  3. 今回こんかいのセミナーは学生がくせいだけでなく社会人しゃかいじんの方かたにもご参加さんかいただけます。

    konkai no seminaa wa gakusei dake de naku shakaijin no kata ni mo go sanka itadakemasu.

    This seminar is open to working professionals as well, not just students. formal

not only X — a whole verb or adjective, not a noun

  1. この漫画まんが、面白おもしろいだけでなく、勉強べんきょうにもなるんだ。

    kono manga, omoshiroi dake de naku, benkyou ni mo naru n da.

    This manga isn't only entertaining — it's actually educational too. casual

  2. この機械きかいは使つかいやすいだけでなく、値段ねだんも手頃てごろです。

    kono kikai wa tsukaiyasui dake de naku, nedan mo tegoro desu.

    This machine isn't only easy to use — it's reasonably priced too. neutral

  3. 本製品ほんせいひんは高性能こうせいのうなだけでなく、省しょうエネルギーでもございます。

    honseihin wa kouseinou na dake de naku, shouenerugii de mo gozaimasu.

    This product is not only high-performance, but energy-efficient as well. formal

How it's formed3

All forms2

  • だけではなくdakedehanakuformal

    味あじわうだけではなく

    inserts topic は for a fuller, more explicit negation — reads slightly stiffer/written, the safer pick in reports and announcements

  • だけじゃなくてdakejanakutecolloquial

    味あじわうだけじゃなくて

    では→じゃ is the everyday spoken contraction, plus て to run into what follows — the real casual choice, more natural than bare だけでなく in brisk conversation

Notes

Almost always resolves with も/でも on the second half (…だけでなく…も);
a bare だけでなく with nothing added back sounds unfinished, much like
によると without a hearsay ending.