のみ

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
而已 (archaic)

⟨no2mi1⟩ → */nəmʲi/ → /nomi/

From Old Japanese.

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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

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
蚤
蚤 (nomi): an illustration of a flea.

Possibly derived from 飲み (nomi), the nominalized 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 飲む (nomu, “to drink”), from the way that fleas drink the host's blood.

Pronunciation

Noun

のみ or ノミ • (nomi) 

  1. flea (parasitic insect)
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ノミ.

Derived terms
Idioms
Idioms
  • 蚤(のみ)が茶臼(ちゃうす) (nomi ga chausu): “[like] a flea [carrying] a tea mortar” → a metaphor for an unreasonable or infeasible hope

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling
鑿

Pronunciation

Noun

のみ • (nomi) ←のみ (nomi)?

  1. chisel used for wood
Synonyms

Etymology 4

Alternative spellings
飲み
吞み

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) のみ​ [nòmíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • 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)?

  1. (obsolete) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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