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Do only A; do nothing but A
  1. Do only A; do nothing but A
  2. A just finished/ended/occured.
  3. Shows a continual/continuing negative change A
夏なつ休やすみ だ か ら 寝ねて ばかり いる 。 
I'm just sleeping because it's summer vacation.
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ゆうこ ち ゃ ん は 笑 っ て ばかり だ ね 。 泣 い た ところ を 一 回 も 見 た こと が ない 。 
Yuuko is always smiling. I haven't seen her crying a single time.
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心 配 ばかり で は 健 康 に 悪 い よ 。 も う ちょっと 楽 に したら ？ 
It's not good for your health to always worry. What if you eased up a bit?
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あの 子 は ゲ ー ム を して ばかり だ か ら い い 成 績 は 取 れ な い で し ょ う ？ 
That child is always playing video games so he doesn't get good grades, right?
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彼 は いつも 食 べ 物 に 文 句 ばかり を 言 っ て い る 。 
He's always complaining about the food.
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女 っ て 帽 子 を 買 っ て ばかり いる 。 
Women are always buying hats.
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今日 は ふ ざ け て ばかり いる ん だ か ら 。 
You are just screwing around today.
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トム は いつも テ レ ビ を 見 て ばかり いる 。 
Tom is always watching television.
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その 子 は 泣 い て ばかり いた 。 
He did nothing but cry.
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彼 女 は いつも ア イ ス ク リ ー ム を 食 べ て ばかり いる 。 
She is always eating nothing but ice cream.
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伊 藤 さ ん は 働 い て ばかり だ 。 
Mr. Itou does nothing but work.

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AVerb: て-form
 
ANoun
 
 
ばかり
Basic Examples:
泣いてばかり (do nothing but cry)

ゲームばかり (only games)

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Grammar usage notes

ばかり is sometimes pronounced ばっかり for emphasis.
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マドゥリ
Level: 1
～てばかりいる is the progressive form as shown in the above Kao manga page.
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Level: 163

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A just finished/ended/occured.
  1. Do only A; do nothing but A
  2. A just finished/ended/occured.
  3. Shows a continual/continuing negative change A
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もし 食 事 した ばかり な ら 泳 が な い 方 が い い で す よ 。 
You'd better not swim if you've just eaten.
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その 先 生 は 大 学 を 出 た ばかり だ 。 
The teacher is fresh from college (just came out of college).
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私 は 、 テ ニ ス を 始 め た ばかり で す 。 
I've just started playing tennis.
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仕 上 が っ た ばかり 。 
Just finished it.
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つ い 今 し が た ここ へ 着 い た ばかり だ 。 
I arrived here just now.
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たった 今 その 事 故 を 見 た ばかり だ 。 
I only just saw the accident.
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鹿 は 生 ま れ た ばかり で 立 つ こと が できる 。 
A baby deer can stand as soon as it is born.
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お 母 さ ん は 出 か け た ばかり ？ 
Mom just left?
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この ド ラ マ は 始 ま っ た ば か り だ よ 。 
This drama has just started.
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おじさん が 着 い た ばかり の ところへ 、 祖 父 も やってきた 。 
Right after my uncle arrived my grandfather came as well.

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AVerb: Casual, past (た)
ばかり
Basic Examples:
終わったばかり (just finished)

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Grammar usage notes

this usage is for what the speaker feels just happened. it doesn't necessarily mean that the action in reality just happened, but rather, the speaker feels like the action just occured
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shirothekiller
Level: 1
In spoken Japanese ばかり is often shortened to ばっか
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emmy
Level: 3
It is just similar to たところ but there is a little bit duration between action when use たばかり but there is no duration between two actions when use たところ.
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Shows a continual/continuing negative change A
  1. Do only A; do nothing but A
  2. A just finished/ended/occured.
  3. Shows a continual/continuing negative change A
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このまま で は 生 活 が 苦 し く な っ て い く ばかり だ 。 
As it is, our way of living will keep getting difficult.
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こ れ で は 彼 女 の 機 嫌 を 損 ね る ばかり だ 。 
With this her mood continues to worsen.

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ばかり
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一方だ
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暖
Level: 1
missing [past tense verb + ばかり: just (verbed)]
例：新幹線が出たばかりです。- The Shinkansen just left.
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マイコー
Level: 294
Thanks! I put in the explanation, and I'll add some example sentences at a later point.
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aileen
Level: 1
Other uses of ばかり, as found in my Canon Wordtank:
1) 出張で一週間ばかり九州に行ってたんです。"I have just been in Kyushu for *about* one week." And コップに半分ばかりの水が入れっている。"The cup is *about* half full."
2) あとは寝るばかりだ。*All that's left to do* is sleep.
3) 彼女は泣かんばかりに訴えた。She pleaded *on the verge of* tears.
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Level: 1
Why isn't verb (plain form) + ばかり　listed?
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マイコー
Level: 294
Added, thanks!
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マドゥリ
Level: 1
How about mentioning somewhere that ばかり is sometimes pronounced ばっかり for emphasis?
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マイコー
Level: 294
Feel free to add that as a usage note :)
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Feade
Level: 3
There's also the present progressive form ～てばかりいる　 as in: "友子は遊んでばかりいる" = Tomoko is doing nothing but playing. and the [i]quantifier[/i] + ばかり as in: "私は一月ばかりパリにいた" = I was in Paris for about a month. As Adam Milazzo wrote in his website (http://www.adammil.net/japanese/esog/v49_bakari_.html) くらい (kurai) and ほど (hodo) may also be used in this pattern, replacing ばかり. Both ほど and ばかり can also be used when referring to an exact amount (their usage makes the sentence seem a bit less direct), whereas くらい always refers to an approximate amount (and thus cannot be used with an exact amount). [list] [li][/li] [/list]一時間ばかり勉強した。= I studied for about an hour. In this sentence, ばかり can be replaced with either ほど or くらい, with the meaning of "about". [list] [li][/li] [/list]そのりんごを二つばかりください。 = Please give me two of those apples. In this sentence, ばかり can be replaced with ほど, but not with くらい, because although ばかり／ほど would seem to imply a meaning of "approximately two apples", the actual meaning is exactly two apples, because they are obviously sold in whole units. ばかり, then, serves as a softener. くらい, which always has the meaning of "approximately", cannot be used with an exact quantity. (Though perhaps you could use it if you really wanted to say "approximately two apples"?)
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miyukiii
Level: 1
tabakari to te bakarino chigauwa nandesuka?
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miyukiii
Level: 1
nihongode onegai itashimasu eigoga chotto wakaranaidesukara)))))
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マイコー
Level: 294

If you want to practice making sentences, I recommend you use the "Write your own sentence" at the top of the page!

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miyukiii
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ok))))) thank you very much)))))))))
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miyukiii
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douyatte tsukattemo iidesuka? watashi hajimete kono saito wo tsukatterukara yoku wakaranai.... write your own sentence wo oshita atode dokoni hairanakereba naranaindesuka?:-o oshitemo nanimo demasenkara(((( douyatte tsukattemo yoroshideshouka?)))))
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After you click that button, you can use this form which appears just below:



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がんばってください！

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miyukiii
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はい分かりました(*^_^*)ありがとうございました(*^_^*)
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OniHanashi
Level: 109
Hi everyone! 
What is the construction for 'bakari' as 'about/approximately'? 
Thanks in advance ;)
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gdartfow
Level: 1877
Strange that it isn't mentioned here, but the construction is fairly straight-forward.
It directly follows a quantifier, which can either be a counter (e.g. 五分間ばかり - about 5 minutes) or an explicit number if its meaning is clear enough from context (e.g. 四十ばかり - around 40).
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