ばかりでなく – Vocabulary details

ばかりでなく

Expression

Usually written in kana

1. not only ... but (also); as well as ...

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

あなたばかりでなく私わたしもまちがっている。

Not only you but also I am in the wrong.

彼かの女じょは美うつくしいばかりでなく才さい能のうもあった。

She was not merely beautiful, but also talented.

彼かれは英えい語ごばかりでなくドイツ語ごも話はなせる。

He can speak not only English but also German.

彼かれは実じつ業ぎょう家かであるばかりでなく、音おん楽がく家かでもある。

Besides being a businessman, he is a musician.

ナンシーはパリばかりでなくロンドンへも行おこなった。

Nancy went to London as well as Paris.

彼かれは勇ゆう気きがあるばかりでなく賢けん明めいでもある。

He is not only brave but wise.

この私わたしの友ゆう人じんはピアニストであるばかりでなく、作さっ曲きょく家かでもあります。

My friend here is not only a pianist, but also a composer.

この本ほんはあの本ほんに比くらべて、ためになるばかりでなくおもしろい。

This book is not only more instructive but more interesting than that book.

あなた方ほうばかりでなく彼かれらも普ふ通つうの人ひと々びとだ。

They, as well as you, are ordinary people.

お腹なかが空すいていたばかりでなく、私わたし達たちは喉のどの渇かわきにも苦くるしんでいた。

Not only were we hungry, but we were also suffering from thirst.

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