That new restaurant not only had terrible food, but the staff's attitude was awful too.
📖 Explanation & Nuance
「～ばかりか」 means "not only... but also (even)." It's used to add another surprising or undesirable fact or situation to an already mentioned negative one, emphasizing that the situation is even worse than initially stated. あの新しいレストランは、料理がマズい**ばかりか**、店員の態度まですごく悪かった。
「～ばかりか」は、「～だけでなく、その上～も」という意味で、既に悪い状況に加えて、さらに悪い事実や状況があることを強調する表現です。 あの新しいレストランは、料理がマズい**ばかりか**、店員の態度まですごく悪かった。
📝 Example Sentence
あの新(あたら)しいレストランは、料(りょう)理(り)がマズい「ばかりか」、店(てん)員(いん)の態(たい)度(ど)まですごく悪(わる)かった。
That new restaurant not only had terrible food, but the staff's attitude was awful too.
Practice Quiz
Verify your grammar strength for "〜ばかりか / 〜ばかりに"
Explanation (EN): 「～ばかりか」 means \"not only... but also (even).\" It's used to add another surprising or undesirable fact or situation to an already mentioned negative one, emphasizing that the situation is even worse than initially stated. あの新しいレストランは、料理がマズい**ばかりか**、店員の態度まですごく悪かった。\n\nCommon Mistakes:\n❌ ばかりに: It's so easy to mix these up! '〜ばかりに' means 'Simply because of X, a terrible result happened'. Here, we are linking two bad points together ('Not only is the food bad, but ALSO...'). So '〜ばかりか' is what you need!\n❌ にもかかわらず: This means 'Despite the fact that...'. It would mean the attitude was bad DESPITE the food being bad, which makes no sense logically! haha\n❌ からには: '〜からには' means 'Now that...'. 'Now that the food is bad, the attitude is bad!' - this sounds like the staff is taking revenge on the customers!
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