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N3 レッスン 3: 4/22

ばかり

Just, Only, Nothing but

ばっかり, ばっか, ばかし, and ばっかし are all fairly common casual variations of ばかり

使い方・接続

Verb［て］+ ばかり
Noun + ばかり

詳細

  • 使用域

    Standard

  • 使用域

    一般

あまり見かけない漢字

許り

「ばかり」の情報

When used after verbs followed by the conjunction particle て, or nouns, the adverbial particle ばかり highlights that 'nothing but (A) is being done', or 'only (A) exists'. In relation to verbs, てばかり is often followed by いる, as a modified version of the standard ている. However, adding いる is not a requirement, and the same nuance may be conveyed without it.
  • 先生(せんせい)はいつも怒(おこ)ってばかりいる。
    Our teacher does nothing but yell.
  • 最近(さいきん)はお菓子(かし)ばかり食(た)べているから、お腹(なか)がでてきた。
    Recently, I've been eating nothing but junk, so my stomach is bulging out.
When a sentence consists of a part (A) and a part (B), ばかり will be followed by either で (with verbs or nouns), or いて (only with verbs). This is when ばかり appears directly before the sentence conjunction point, and other combinations are possible (such as ばかりだから).
  • 先月(せんげつ)生(う)まれた息子(むすこ)がずっと泣(な)いてばかりいて、全然(ぜんぜん)寝(ね)れない。
    My son who was born last month does nothing but cry, so I can't sleep.
  • 彼(かれ)は毎日(まいにち)残業(ざんぎょう)してばかりで、全然(ぜんぜん)家(いえ)の事(こと)を手伝(てつだ)ってくれない。
    All he does is work overtime everyday, and he won't help me with house chores.
  • 彼(かれ)は口(くち)を開(あ)けると文句(もんく)ばかりで、一緒(いっしょ)にいるだけで疲(つか)れる。
    When he opens his mouth, all he can do is complain, so just being with him is exhausting.
It should be noted that the で with ばかり here is not the particle で, but the conjunctive form of the auxiliary verb, だ.
Fun Fact
ばかり is rarely seen using kanji, but it originally comes from 許(ばか)り (sometimes 計(はか)る). This kanji means 'to let off', or 'to let through', and implies that (A) is the only thing that is being 'permitted' in a specific situation.

例文

  • 彼(かれ)はいつも嘘(うそ)ばかり言(い)っている。

    He does nothing but tell lies.

  • 私(わたし)の弟(おとうと)はゲームをしてばかりですよ。

    My little brother does nothing but play video games.

  • 甘(あま)い物(もの)を食(た)べてばかりいると、虫歯(むしば)が増(ふ)える。

    If you eat sweets only, you will have more cavities.

  • 人生(じんせい)つらいことばかりではない。いい日(ひ)もあるよ。

    Life is not always hard. There are good days too.

  • いつももらってばかりですみません。

    It seems that I do nothing but receive (gifts) from you. Sorry about that.

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最近の返信 (合計14件)

  • Megumin

    Megumin

    Probably I posted this on the wrong grammar point, I tried to avoid creating a new one. Quoting from this website:

  • gyroninja

    gyroninja

    Well I just checked a single sentence for the たばかり grammar point and it gave a warning / hint when attempting to use たところ.

  • Megumin

    Megumin

    You are right, I guess I just either hit one that doesn’t have it (highly unlikely) or I used it the wrong way (more likely).

    Just tried it the other way around and it also gave me the warning/hint.

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