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JLPT N2Writing and careful speech

に限かぎらず・に限かぎったことではないnot only; not unique to

A に限かぎらず is "not only A": what follows is true of A and well beyond it. A に限かぎったことではない ends a sentence: the problem isn't A's alone.

How to form it

Noun + に限かぎらず / Noun + に限かぎったことではない

After に限かぎらず the sentence goes on, usually with も. に限かぎったことではない closes it; out loud, に限かぎったことじゃない.

Before it
The case people think of first: 学がく生せい, 日本にほん, 若わかい人ひと, 春はる.
After に限らず
The others, with も, or a word that takes them all in: 一いち年ねんを通とおして, 世せ界かい各かく地ちで.
Where you'll meet it
Explanations, articles, presentations, careful conversation.

In use

に限かぎらず or だけでなく?

Both are "not only", and often either will do. に限かぎらず is a little more formal, and it follows a noun: 話はなすだけでなく has no に限かぎらず version. Chatting, people say だけじゃなくて.

に限かぎったことではない

You say this when someone has singled one case out, usually over a problem. It doesn't deny the problem. It says others have it too, and the next sentence often names them.

Close neighbours

に限り・に限ってN2

"Only for", in offers and rules. に限かぎって is also "of all times" and "of all people".

限りN2

With no に: "as long as", "as far as I know", "as much as possible".

とは限らないN3

"Not necessarily". It follows a whole statement and takes back its "always".

のみならずN2

"Not only" at its stiffest, in reports and speeches. It can follow a verb or an adjective too.

Check yourself

1What does this mean?

運うん動どう不ぶ足そくは、大人おとなに限かぎったことではない。

Choose an answer to see why.

2Which one fits?

このアプリは、写しゃ真しんを撮とる(  )、編へん集しゅうもできる。

Choose an answer to see why.

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