N2 grammar · Lesson 15

「に限かぎらず」「のみならず」「はもとより」: not only …

この祭まつりには、地元じもとの人ひとのみならず、遠方えんぽうからも多おおくの人ひとが訪おとずれる。

「に限かぎらず」: not limited to; 「のみならず」 「はもとより」 (written) and 「ばかりでなく」 (a little formal): not only. Compare N3 「だけでなく」 「ばかりか」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01「に限かぎらず」: not limited to …
  2. 02「のみならず」: a written “not only …”
  3. 03「ばかりでなく」 and 「はもとより」
  4. 04Compared with similar expressions
  5. 05In conversation and in writing

Practice

  • What does this sentence mean?
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read and answer the questions

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