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JLPT N4 Grammar

〜ばかり

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N4 · Other · 〜ばかり

just finished, something just occurred

〜ばかり

ばかり after the た-form means something has just been done.

It reflects the speaker's feeling of recentness, not necessarily only a few minutes ago.

日本に来たばかりで、まだ道がよく分かりません。

I have just come to Japan, so I still do not know the roads well.

Do not confuse this with quantity-limiting ばかり; here it means just did.

Memorize “〜ばかり” as one fixed chunk, then practice by replacing words in the example sentence. Learn the connection first, then the nuance.

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