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はもちろんA, of course, and B too

もちろん is "of course". A はもちろん、B も says A goes without saying, and B is true as well. It is だけでなく with "of course" on A.

田た中なかさんは英えい語ごはもちろん、中ちゅう国ごく語ごも話はなせます。

Tanaka can speak English, of course, and Chinese as well.

子こどもはもちろん、大人おとなもこの絵え本ほんを楽たのしめる。

Children can enjoy this picture book, of course, and so can adults.

After a noun

Noun + はもちろん、 noun + も

The は is the particle, said "wa". B usually takes も, after any particle it needs: ロビーでも, 大人おとなにも.

After a verb or an adjective

Plain form + のはもちろん

の turns it into a noun first: 熱ねつを下さげるのはもちろん. A な-adjective keeps な: 便べん利りなのはもちろん.

Before it: The obvious one: what you'd expect anyway.
After it: The extra one, with も. It is the news.
Where you'll meet it: Conversation, and all over advertising, travel guides and product pages: 〜はもちろん、〜も楽たのしめます.

In use

このホテルは客きゃく室しつはもちろん、ロビーでも無む料りょうでインターネットが使つかえる。

At this hotel the internet is free in the rooms, of course, and in the lobby too.

この美び術じゅつ館かんでは、作さく品ひんを見みるのはもちろん、制せい作さく体たい験けんもできる。

At this museum you can look at the works, of course, and you can also try making something yourself.

台たい風ふうのため、飛ひ行こう機きはもちろん、フェリーも動うごいていない。

Because of the typhoon, the planes aren't flying, of course, and the ferries aren't running either.

With a negative, A is the one that is obviously out. English often turns it around: "the ferries aren't running, let alone the planes".

A is the obvious one

Whatever comes first is being called obvious. With the surprise there, the sentence sounds the wrong way around.

Sounds odd: このパン屋やは、ケーキはもちろん、パンも売うっている。

This bakery sells cakes, of course, and bread too.

At a bakery, bread is the obvious one: パンはもちろん、ケーキも.

Close neighbours

だけでなくN4

"Not only A but also B", with nothing taken for granted. When A isn't obvious, this is the one that fits.

この店みせはコーヒーだけでなく、紅こう茶ちゃもおいしい。

At this shop the tea is good too, not just the coffee.

はもとよりN2

The same, for formal writing.

本ほん規き則そくは正せい社しゃ員いんはもとより、契けい約やく社しゃ員いんにも適てき用ようされる。

These rules apply to permanent employees, of course, and to contract employees as well.

Check yourself

1What does this tell you?

この図と書しょ館かんは、平へい日じつはもちろん、日にち曜よう日びも開あいています。

Choose an answer to see why.

2Which one fits?

この歌か手しゅは、若わかい人ひとはもちろん、お年とし寄より（　　）人にん気きがある。

Choose an answer to see why.

More detail

はもちろんのこと is a fuller version, a little more formal.

留りゅう学がくするなら、言こと葉ばはもちろんのこと、その国くにの習しゅう慣かんも知しっておきたい。

If you are going to study abroad, you'll want to know the language, of course, and the country's customs as well.

More sentences

京きょう都と育そだちの彼かの女じょは、市し内ないはもちろん、郊こう外がいの寺てらにも詳くわしい。

Having grown up in Kyoto, she knows the city well, of course, and the temples outside it too.

この山やま小ご屋やでは、携けい帯たい電でん話わはもちろん、ラジオも使つかえない。

At this mountain hut cell phones don't work, of course, and neither do radios.

この解げ熱ねつ剤ざいは、熱ねつを下さげるのはもちろん、痛いたみも和やわらげる。

This fever medicine brings a fever down, of course, and it eases pain as well.

この施し設せつは地ち域いきの住じゅう民みんはもちろん、観かん光こう客きゃくも利り用ようできる。

Local residents can use this facility, of course, and so can tourists.

Compared with similar forms

Ways to say "not only"