ばかり (bakari)

Meaning & usage

ばかり expresses that an action was completed a very short time ago and its effect still feels new. It attaches to the past ta-form of a verb, as in 飲んだばかりです or 買ったばかりだ, and is often closed with です or だ. ばっかり is a casual spoken variant, as in 着いたばっかり, and extra markers of recency are unnecessary because the recency is already included.

Example sentences 5

1. コーヒーを飲のんだばかりです。

   I've just had a cup of coffee.

2. イギリスから帰ってきたばっかりなの。

   I've just come back from the UK.

3. 今着いたばっかりなのよ。少し休ませて。

   I just got here, let me rest a bit.

4. 新しいジャケットを買ったばかりです。

   I just bought myself a new jacket.

5. その先生は大学を出たばかりだ。

   The teacher is fresh from college.