~ばかり

~ばかり

Just (did); only, nothing but

N4suffix·bakari

How to remember it

ばかり pictures a heap of only one thing — "nothing but."

Example sentences

  • さっき起きたばかりです。

    さっきおきたばかりです。

    I just woke up a moment ago.

  • 彼は甘いものばかり食べている。

    かれはあまいものばかりたべている。

    He eats nothing but sweet things.

Usage

After V-た = just did; after noun = only/nothing but.

Related words

だけしかところばっかり

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