バカリ – Vocabulary details

バカリ

Particle

Usually written in kana

1. only; merely; nothing but; no more than

僕ぼくが考かんがえていたのは妻つまのことばかりだった。All I was thinking about was my wife.

2. approximately; about

声こえが少すこしばかり大おおきくなった。The voice grew a little louder.

3. just (finished, etc.)

after the -ta form of a verb

そう、戦たたかいはまだ、始はじまったばかりである。Yes, the battle has only just begun.

4. as if to; (as though) about to; going to; on the point of; at any minute

after an attributive form or auxiliary verb ぬ(ん), also often …とばかり(に)

今いまがその時ときではないが仕し方かたがない、と言いわんばかりだ。It is as if to say, 'Now is not the time, but there is nothing to be done.'

5. indicates emphasis

often …とばかり(に)

6. always; constantly

(simply) because; on account of; as if to; (as though) about to

not only ... but (also); as well as ...

not only

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