Example sentences
Formation
(i) Vinformal nonpast | ばかり | |
話すばかり | Be ready to talk | |
(ii) Vて | ばかり | |
話してばかり | Be just talking | |
食べてばかり | Be just eating | |
(iii) Vinformal past | ばかり | |
話したばかり | Have just talked | |
食べたばかり | Just have eaten | |
(iv) {Adjective い informal nonpast/Adjectiveな stem} | ばかり | |
高いばかり | Just expensive | |
静かなばかり | Just quiet | |
(v) Noun | ばかり | |
先生ばかり | Only teachers | |
(vi) Noun+Particle | ばかり | |
学生にばかり | Only to students | |
(vii) Quantifier | ばかり | |
一時間ばかり | About an hour |