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Grammar detail: ばかりでなく

ばかりでなく - not only ~
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ばかりでなく
+
Y
+
(optional) も
means
not only X, but also Y
In this case, X and / or Y can be an
い adjective
, a
な adjective + な
, a
noun
, or a
plain form verb
. Typically Y would match the form of X.
For example, using adjectives:
にほん
日本
の
でんしゃ
電車
はきれいなばかりでなく、
じかん
時間
も
せいかく
正確
だ。
Japanese trains are not only attractive, they are on time.
かのじょ
彼女
は、
しんせつ
親切
なばかりでなく
しょうじき
正直
でもある。
She is not only kind, but also honest.
Using nouns:
かれ
彼
は
ちしき
知識
ばかりでなく
けいけん
経験
もある。
He has experience as well as knowledge.
Using verbs:
かのじょ
彼女
は
よ
良
い
きょうし
教師
であるばかりでなく、
いだい
偉大
な
がくしゃ
学者
でもあった。
In addition to being a good teacher, she was a great scholar.
The meaning of ばかり is 'only', and here it is combined with でなく (the joining form of でない, is not), so the meaning becomes 'not only'.
This usage of ばかり is interchangeable with ばかりか.
かれ
彼
は１００ドルばかりかそれ
いじょう
以上
も
持
っている。
He has not less than 100 dollars.
ばかりでなく can be written with kanji as 許りでなく, but this is a rare form.
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Kanji used in this grammar

許
キョ   ゆるす to permit, allow, forgive   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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電
デン    electricity   
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車
シャ   くるま car   
時
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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正
セイ   ショウ   ただしい correct   ただす to correct   まさ precise, exact   
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確
カク   たしか certain   たしかめる to make certain   
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彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
親
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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切
セツ   サイ   きる to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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直
チョク   ジキ    honest; direct   ただちに immediately   なおす to correct   なおる to be cured   
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知
チ   しる to know   
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識
シキ    knowledge, discrimination   
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経
ケイ   キョウ   へる to elapse   
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験
ケン   ゲン    verification   
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良
リョウ   よい good   
教
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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師
シ    teacher; army   
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偉
イ   えらい illustrious, famous   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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学
ガク   まなぶ to learn   
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者
シャ   もの person, someone   
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以
イ    (prefix) or   
上
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼる to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼす to bring up   
持
ジ   もつ to hold, to have   
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