ばかり

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spelling
許り

Etymology[edit]

Shift from noun 計り, 測り, 量り (hakari, “measurement, amount, full amount”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 計る, 測る, 量る (hakaru, “to measure, to weigh, to calculate”).[1][2] The meaning seems to have shifted from amount to fully, and from there to just or only.

Pronunciation[edit]

Particle[edit]

ばかり • (bakari) 

  1. (〜たばかり -ta bakari) just (recently completed action)
    食(た)べたばかりだ。
    Tabeta bakari da.
    I just ate.
  2. (noun + ばかり) full of
    東(とう)京(きょう)は人(ひと)ばかりだ。
    Tōkyō wa hito bakari da.
    Tokyo is just full of people.
  3. (〜てばかり -te bakari) only, always
    彼(かれ)は食(た)べてばかり居(い)る。
    Kare wa tabete bakari iru.
    He's always eating.

Adverb[edit]

ばかり • (bakari) 

  1. just; only; nothing but
    謎(なぞ)は深(ふか)まるばかりだ。
    Nazo wa fukamaru bakari da.
    The mystery only deepens.
    今回(こんかい)ばかりはよくやった。
    Konkai bakari wa yoku yatta.
    Nothing but well done this time.

Usage notes[edit]

Used in various senses, similarly to English just – "just did something", "just full of", "just sitting there". Senses are distinguished grammatically, as per forms above.

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Idioms[edit]

Proverbs[edit]

Proverbs

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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