に限らず details
not just X — the claim reaches beyond X, usually with a も-marked second item
うちの子、ゲームに限らず何でも好きなんだよね。
uchi no ko, geemu ni kagirazu nandemo suki na n da yo ne.
My kid isn't just into games — he's into pretty much anything. casual
この問題は日本に限らず、世界中で起きている。
kono mondai wa nihon ni kagirazu, sekaijuu de okite iru.
This problem is happening not just in Japan, but around the world. neutral
Examples
not just X — the claim covers more than X, and a second, further-reaching item usually follows with も
うちの子、ゲームに限らず何でも好きなんだよね。
uchi no ko, geemu ni kagirazu nandemo suki na n da yo ne.
My kid isn't just into games — he's into pretty much anything. casual
この問題は日本に限らず、世界中で起きている。
kono mondai wa nihon ni kagirazu, sekaijuu de okite iru.
This problem is happening not just in Japan, but around the world. neutral
本サービスは会員に限らず、どなたでもご利用いただけます。
hon saabisu wa kaiin ni kagirazu, donata demo go riyou itadakemasu.
This service is available not only to members but to anyone. formal
Formation
{N}にかぎらずattaches to noun
Related patterns
Similar
のみならず keeps the classical ならず and stays written/literary (essays, reports); に限らず attaches only to nouns, while のみならず also takes whole clauses (詳しいのみならず) — so a clause needing "not only" reaches for のみならず regardless of register.
はもとより opens by conceding X as too obvious to argue over before adding Y as the real news; に限らず makes no such concession about X's obviousness — it only denies that X marks the boundary of what applies.
Lookalikes
Same root 限る pulling opposite ways — 限り draws an outer boundary a condition must stay inside (生きている限り), while に限らず erases exactly that kind of boundary by denying that X is the edge of what the claim covers.
Both negate 限る, but over different targets — とは限らない hedges the CERTAINTY of a claim ("it isn't necessarily true that…", 高い物が良いとは限らない), while に限らず denies the EXCLUSIVITY of a scope ("not just this one") and takes no claim of certainty at all.
Same に限 root, opposite direction on identical morphology — に限らず widens a scope past N ("not just N"), while に限って narrows straight down to N, usually with an ironic sting ("of all things, N").