オンリー

suffix

only; just; solely

Loanword suffix used in casual or trendy contexts to mean 'only' or 'exclusively'. Often attached to nouns, especially in product names, event titles, or informal speech.

• このイベントは女じょ性せいオンリーです。

  This event is for women only.

• 彼かれは肉にくオンリーの生せい活かつをしている。

  He lives on a meat-only diet.

noun

prostitute attached to a single occupation soldier

Historical term from the post-WWII occupation period, referring to a prostitute who served a single member of the Allied forces exclusively. Rarely encountered outside historical contexts.

• 戦せん後ごの資し料りょうには「オンリー」と呼よばれる女じょ性せいたちの記き録ろくが残のこっている。

  Postwar records contain accounts of women called 'onrii'.