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〜たばかり
ta bakari · have just ~ed
〜たばかり means just did, and feels recent to the speaker: 日本に来たばかりです, I've only just come to Japan.
How to form it
| V-た + ばかり | 買ったばかり |
How it is used
It can cover weeks or months if it feels recent: 「先月入社したばかりです」.
It works like a noun: ばかりなのに, ばかりの.
Examples
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- さっき昼ご飯を食べたばかりです。I've only just had lunch.
- 先月日本に来たばかりです。I only came to Japan last month.
- 買ったばかりの傘をなくしました。I lost the umbrella I had just bought.
- 起きたばかりで、まだ眠いです。I've just got up, so I'm still sleepy.