のみ details
write + only
kaku nomi
only; nothing but (written)
meaning: only write
申込はオンラインでのみ受け付けます。
moushikomi wa onrain de nomi uketsukemasu.
Applications are accepted online only. neutral
準備は整った。あとは待つのみだ。
junbi wa totonotta. ato wa matsu nomi da.
The preparations are in place. Now we can only wait. neutral
- dictionary form
- noun
Examples
only; nothing but — restricts to exactly what is named, in written or announcement register
申込はオンラインでのみ受け付けます。
moushikomi wa onrain de nomi uketsukemasu.
Applications are accepted online only. neutral
準備は整った。あとは待つのみだ。
junbi wa totonotta. ato wa matsunomi da.
The preparations are in place. Now we can only wait. neutral
ご予約のお客様のみご案内いたしております。
go yoyaku no okyakusama nomi go annai itashite orimasu.
We are seating only customers who hold a reservation. formal
Formation
{V}のみattaches to dictionary form{N}のみattaches to noun
Notes
is left is to …"); step outside that frame and a bare 遊ぶのみ reads odd.
The noun frame carries no such restriction.
Related patterns
Similar
One meaning, two registers — だけ is the default everywhere, のみ is its written form and belongs to notices, contracts and reports; spoken のみ lands as if the speaker were reading a sign aloud.
Lookalikes
Shares のみ and reverses it — のみ closes the set to exactly N (会員のみ shuts everyone else out), while のみならず reopens it and obliges a second member (会員のみならず一般の方も).