ばかりでなく (bakari denaku)
～ばかりでなく — not only ～ but also ～
Pattern
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名詞 ＋ ばかりでなく、～もnoun + ばかりでなく、～も: 英語ばかりでなく、中国語も -
普通形（な形容詞は〜な） ＋ ばかりでなく、～も上手なばかりでなく、～も
Adding more
The first half names something obvious or basic, and the second half adds something more. 英語ばかりでなく中国語も話せる says he speaks Chinese as well as English. The second half usually has も or まで.
Compared with だけでなく
ばかりでなく and だけでなく mean almost the same, but ばかりでなく is a little more formal and written. Both are followed by a positive addition. Negative sentences are possible too: 値段ばかりでなく質もよくない.
Examples
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彼（かれ）は英語（えいご）ばかりでなく、中国語（ちゅうごくご）も話（はな）せます。
Kare wa eigo bakari de naku, chūgokugo mo hanasemasu.
He can speak not only English but also Chinese.
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この店（みせ）は料理（りょうり）ばかりでなく、店員（てんいん）の態度（たいど）もいい。
Kono mise wa ryōri bakari de naku, tenin no taido mo ii.
This restaurant has not only good food but also polite staff.
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彼女（かのじょ）は歌（うた）が上手（じょうず）なばかりでなく、踊（おど）りも上手（じょうず）だ。
Kanojo wa uta ga jōzu na bakari de naku, odori mo jōzu da.
She is not only good at singing but also good at dancing.
Common mistakes
- な-adjectives need な: 上手なばかりでなく. Nouns attach directly.
- Do not forget も (or まで) in the second half; the pair is what gives the “also” meaning.
More grammar points
- ばよかった ～ばよかった — I should have ～, if only I had ～
- ばかりで ～ばかりで — only ～ (and nothing else, with a negative feeling)
- だけでなく ～だけでなく — not only ～ but also ～
- だけど だけど — but, however (casual)
- ふりをする ～ふりをする — pretending to ～
- 一方（いっぽう）だ ～一方だ — keeps ～ing in one direction
- 一体（いったい） 一体 — what on earth ～ (emphasizing a question)
- じゃない ～じゃない — isn't it ～! (surprise or confirmation)
- か何（なに）か ～か何か — ～ or something
- 代（か）わりに ～代わりに — instead of ～, in return for ～
- 結局（けっきょく） 結局 — in the end, after all
- きり ～きり — only ～; ever since ～
- っけ ～っけ — was it ～? (recalling)
- ことになっている ～ことになっている — it is the rule or plan that ～
- ことは～が ～ことは～が — it is true that ～, but ～
- くせに ～くせに — even though ～ (with reproach)
- も～ば～も A も ～ば B も ～ — both A and B
- むしろ むしろ — rather, if anything
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