のみ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
而已 (archaic) 已 (archaic) 耳 (archaic)

⟨no₂mi₂⟩ → */nəmɨ/ → /nomi/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.

Possibly a compound of の (no, “case particle”) +‎ 身 (mi, “body”).

Particle

のみ • (nomi) 

1. only, limited to

   Synonyms: しか (shika), だけ (dake)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• のみか (nomi ka)
• のみならず (nomi narazu)
• 音(おと)にのみ (oto ni nomi)
• 斯(かく)のみ (kakunomi)
• 然(さ)のみ (sanomi)
• 其(そ)れのみ (sorenomi)

Adverb

のみ • (nomi) 

1. alone
2. merely

Idioms

• 人(ひと)はパンのみにて生(い)くる者(もの)に非(あら)ず (hito wa pan nomi ni te ikuru mono ni arazu)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of のみ – see the following entry.

【蚤】H [noun] flea (parasitic insect) Alternative spelling ノミ

(This term, のみ (nomi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as のみ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as のみ.)

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling
鑿

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) のみ [nóꜜmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [no̞mʲi]

Noun

のみ • (nomi) ^{←のみ (nomi)?}

1. chisel used for wood

Synonyms

• (used for metal) たがね (tagane)

Etymology 4

Alternative spellings
飲み 吞み

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) のみ [nòmíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [no̞mʲi]

Noun

のみ • (nomi) ^{←のみ (nomi)?}

1. drinking

Verb

のみ • (nomi) ^{←のみ (nomi)?}

1. stem or continuative form of のむ (nomu) [godan]

Etymology 5

Alternative spellings
袽 筎 𦀌 衣𦀌 船筎

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [no̞mʲi]

Noun

のみ • (nomi) ^{←のみ (nomi)?}

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