のみ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
而已 (archaic) 已 耳

⟨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

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

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

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

• 蚤(のみ)の市(いち) (nomi no ichi): a flea market

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

• (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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