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Formation: N + のみならず; V-plain / い-adj plain + のみならず; な-adj / N + である + のみならず; also sentence-initial のみならず (moreover)

Says that something is not limited to X and also applies to Y, so the scope is wider than expected. The second clause usually has も or a word like まで. It is a formal written pattern, common in newspapers, reports and speeches, and sounds stiff in conversation, where だけでなく is the normal choice. 〜ばかりか means the same but is more emotional and often moves to a surprising or more extreme Y. 〜に限らず takes only nouns and stresses that something is not restricted to one category, while のみならず can follow whole clauses. At the start of a sentence, のみならず works like a formal 'moreover'.

Variants: のみでなく、のみか、ひとり〜のみならず、のみならず、（sentence-initial）

Examples

• この問題は日本のみならず、世界全体に関わる課題だ。
  This is an issue that concerns not only Japan but the entire world.
• 彼は作曲するのみならず、自ら演奏もこなす。
  He not only composes but also performs his music himself.
• 新制度は手続きが煩雑であるのみならず、費用もかさむ。
  The new system is not only cumbersome to deal with but also costly.

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