expression:

• the only way (is to ..)

noun:

• electrically erasable programmable read-only memory; EEPROM; E2PROM - IT term

expression:

• God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows - proverb

noun:

• read only - IT term

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• receive only; RO; incoming calls only (telephone) - IT term

adverb / ~と adverb:

• focussing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• selfish; self-serving - onomatopoeia

noun:

• read-only memory; ROM - IT term

noun:

• only this; this much

noun / ~の noun:

• this small amount (degree, extent)

noun:

• (not) in the slightest; (not) at all - as こればかりも with neg. verb

expression:

• for this once only

expression:

• cash only, prices as advertised ➜ 掛け値

noun:

• doctoral degree (e.g. PhD) by thesis only

expression:

• only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons - idiom

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information) ➜ いいとこ取り【いいとこどり】

noun:

• living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake - idiom

expression:

• not only ... but (also); as well as ...

noun:

• eating only one's favourite food; having an unvarying diet; eating poorly

noun:

• read only mode - IT term

noun:

• soba made with only soba flour ➜ 二八蕎麦

noun:

• woman who has produced only daughters

expression:

• each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; when there are ministries, there is no country [literal] - proverb

noun:

• read-only memory; ROM - IT term

noun:

• girls-only gathering

~の noun:

• for reference only; in-library use only; not for loan