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のみならず

not only ... but also (written)

この技術ぎじゅつ医療いりょうのみならず、農業のうぎょうにも応用おうようされている。

kono gijutsu wa iryou nomi narazu, nougyou ni mo ouyou sarete iru.

This technology is applied not only in medicine but in agriculture as well. neutral

かれ理論りろんくわしいのみならず、現場げんば経験けいけん豊富ほうふだ。

kare wa riron ni kuwashii nomi narazu, genba no keiken mo houfu da.

He is not only well versed in the theory — he has plenty of experience on the ground. neutral

  • alternant

Examples

not only X but also Y — denies that the list stops at X, in written or formal register

この技術ぎじゅつ医療いりょうのみならず、農業のうぎょうにも応用おうようされている。

kono gijutsu wa iryou nomi narazu, nougyou ni mo ouyou sarete iru.

This technology is applied not only in medicine but in agriculture as well. neutral

かれ理論りろんくわしいのみならず、現場げんば経験けいけん豊富ほうふだ。

kare wa riron ni kuwashii nomi narazu, genba no keiken mo houfu da.

He is not only well versed in the theory — he has plenty of experience on the ground. neutral

ほん事業じぎょう当社とうしゃのみならず、地域ちいき全体ぜんたい利益りえきをもたらすものとかんがえております。

honjigyou wa tousha nomi narazu, chiiki zentai ni rieki o motarasu mono to kangaete orimasu.

We believe this project will benefit not only our company but the region as a whole. formal

Formation

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Similar

  • One meaning zone split by register — だけでなく is neutral and dominates speech, while のみならず keeps the classical negative ならず and belongs to editorials, reports and academic prose; spoken, it sounds like a quotation.

  • のみならず keeps the classical ならず and stays written/literary (essays, reports); に限らず attaches only to nouns, while のみならず also takes whole clauses (くわしいのみならず) — so a clause needing "not only" reaches for のみならず regardless of register.

  • はもとより presents X as too obvious to argue and hangs off a noun only; のみならず makes no such appeal to the obvious and takes whole clauses as readily as nouns — which is why reports reach for のみならず and blurbs for はもとより.

Lookalikes

  • Shares のみ and reverses it — のみ closes the set to exactly N (会員のみ shuts everyone else out), while のみならず reopens it and obliges a second member (会員のみならず一般の方も).

Same meaning

not only X but also

PatternAttaches to
ばかりか
に限らず
に加えて
はもとより