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Only A
This usually follows as the only reason/cause for something happening.
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What the boy said wasn't a lie, he was just being sarcastic.
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He found the winning ticket with nothing but luck.
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Don't mind that foreigner's rude words. It's nothing more than a cultural difference.
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   こと する なんて             
He is nothing less than a thief to do such a thing.
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ANoun
ほか
ならない
ほかならぬ
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ほかない
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Grammar usage notes

にほかならない sounds very close to にすぎない but they are quite different. にすぎない means st / so is nothing more than what is stated, in terms of amount, degree, status, ... while にほかならないmeans st / so is no other than X. にすぎない has downgrading nuance, but the にほかならない lacks this nuance.

Another crucial difference is that にすぎない can be used with a quantity but にほかならない cannot.
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まことまじま
Level: 516
Chính là/Chính là vì
『にほかならない』dùng để khẳng định rằng: cái đang được nói tới không phải gì khác mà chính là N. "Chính là/Không gì khác ngoài..."
『からにほかならない』dùng để khẳng định rằng: lý do hoặc nguyên nhân khiến cho một chuyện xảy ra chính là như thế, ngoài ra không còn lý do, nguyên nhân nào khác. "Chính là vì..."
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zenios
Level: 63

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mireille
Level: 1
ほかならぬ + Noun
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16 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 328
Might you have an example sentence for that one? :) おねがいします!
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16 years ago
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mireille
Level: 1
Of course.

ほかならぬあなたのみだから、かないわけにはいきません。
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16 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 328
Thanks!
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16 years ago


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