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There is a line in an anime said this:

> でも[高校生]{こうこうせい} **のみ** [運]{うん}ないな。

I understand all the vocabulary in the above line. However, I really don't
know which one is indicated by のみ, the high school or luck?

So I try to translate it randomly, in the way I feel most comfortable:

> But, you're only unlucky high school student.

Am I right? Thanks for advance.

Update: **The context** is a boss having a conversation with a newbie. It
happens in workplace for graphic designer, btw. The previous lines of this
boss is about how surprised she is when she learn how young her new junior is,
just graduating high school.
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Closed due to misunderstanding | How should I translate the sentence with ~のみ
Some context would be helpful as it seems a very colloquial expression. Anyway
I believe that のみ here refers to the student (since it always follows what it
refers to) and I would translate " _...but only high school student(s?) have
no luck_ ".

Splitting it a bit more, it makes me feel of something along the line of "
_(the fact of) having no luck is restricted to high school students_ ". Does
that make sense to you, given the context?

However, what seems a bit odd to me is that のみ is usually used in formal
speech/writing while the sentence you wrote seems from a casual conversation.

There is some explanation about だけ and のみ
[here](http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/amount).

Some context would be helpful as it seems a very colloquial expression. Anyway
I believe that のみ here refers to the student (since it always follows what it
refers to) and I would translate " _...but only high school student(s?) have
no luck_ ".

Splitting it a bit more, it makes me feel of something along the line of "
_(the fact of) having no luck is restricted to high school students_ ". Does
that make sense to you, given the context?

However, what seems a bit odd to me is that のみ is usually used in formal
speech/writing while the sentence you wrote seems from a casual conversation.

There is some explanation about だけ and のみ
[here](http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/amount).

Big Edit: Thanks to a comment now we know that the sentence was actually:
"高校生にも見えないな" .. That has pretty much nothing to do with your original
question.
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