Grammar Info

N3 Lesson 6: 10/24

ばかりでなくNot only…but also, As well as

Structure

Verb + ばかりでなく(1)
［い］Adjective + ばかりでなく(1)
［な］Adjective + な + ばかりでなく(1)
Noun + ばかりでなく(1)

(1) ばかりか

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About ばかりでなく

ばかりでなく is a combination of the adverbial particle ばかり, with the conjugated (and negated) form of the auxiliary verb だ. It can be translated as 'not only (A), (B)', or 'not limited to (A), (B).

As ばかり is an adverbial particle, it may be paired with the attributive form of other words.

Like all other grammar points that negate だ, several forms may be seen. でなく, でなくて, ではなく, ではなくて, じゃなく, じゃなくて. However, it is important to remember that the addition of the は particle will place further emphasis on ない.

Caution

ばかりでなく is considered to be the more formal version of だけでなく. This means that だけでなく will appear far more commonly in everyday speech and writing.

  • 彼(かれ)は友達(ともだち)だけでなく、家族(かぞく)にも内緒(ないしょ)で海外(かいがい)へ引(ひ)っ越(こ)した。
    Not only did he not tell his friends, but he didn't even tell his family about moving abroad.
  • 彼女(かのじょ)はバスケだけでなく、水泳(すいえい)もするそうです。
    Not only can she play basketball, but I heard that she can swim too.

Synonyms

Examples

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    田中(たなか)さんはサッカーばかりでなく水泳(すいえい)も上手(じょうず)です。

    Tanaka is good at soccer as well as swimming.

    日本語(にほんご)は漢字(かんじ)ばかりでなく、ひらがなとカタカナもある。

    Japanese not only has Kanji, but also has Hiragana and Katakana too.

    悪(わる)いことばかりではなく、楽(たの)しいことを考(かんが)えてみよう。

    Try not to think only of bad things, but fun things as well!

    自分(じぶん)ばかりでなく、家族(かぞく)にも迷惑(めいわく)をかけてしまった。

    I have inconvenienced not only myself, but also my family.

    勉強(べんきょう)ばかりでなく、運動(うんどう)もした方(ほう)がいいと思(おも)います。

    I think you should not only study, but also exercise.

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ばかりでなく – Grammar Discussion

Most Recent Replies (6 in total)

  • FredKore

    FredKore

    I took a quick look at this in Cram and the yellow nuance hint says
    [not only, but also ・ formal pattern]
    I think that points you to ばかりでなく because of the translation and because と共に is casual. If you haven’t already done so, I recommend changing your settings so that “Review English” is set to “Always Show Nuance”. For these tricky ones.

    Also, I think the も in the second half of the sentence also makes it less likely to be と共に.

  • wct

    wct

    Instead of filing a direct bug report, since this issue involves more than one grammar point, I thought I’d post the issue here. Also can get community feedback on it.

    I’m just learning this grammar point via the BunPro N3 deck ordering.

    In the Caution box at the bottom, it says:

    Although this grammar point ばかりでなく(N3 Lesson 6: 10/24) is seemingly referencing the earlier grammar point だけでなく (N4 Lesson 8: 15/18), both of the links in the Caution box actually link to a later grammar point, namely
    だけでなくて～も (N3 Lesson 6: 12

  • wct

    wct

    Also, there’s another issue with this grammar point’s text:

    In the About section, all four example use the augmented pattern ばかりではなく, with the extra は thrown in there. I’m not sure why all four sentences would need to use ではなく instead of just でなく, since this point is described mainly in terms of でなく.

    However, it’s possible that the original intention was to have, say, two sentences using でなく, and then another two using ではなく, with some text in between explaining the different nuance. I say this because there is already text after the four sentences saying:

    Perhaps the resolution could be:

    1. Change the first two (or three, or whatever) sentences so that they only need/use でなく.
    2. Move the paragraph ...

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