ばかり (bakari)

Meaning

  1. only
  2. merely
  3. nothing but

All JLPT 2 grammar : 許り(ばかり, bakari), only; merely; nothing but; no more than, [Particle]

Usually written using kana alone

Example

日本語意味
無鉄砲で子供の時から損ばかりしている。Because of my recklessness, I have been playing a losing game since childhood.
どの学校であっても、体操着は、スパッツやハーフパンツばかりだ。In schools everywhere sports-wear is all spats and shorts.
王を得た麒麟もまた寿命を持たない生き物だが、この病ばかりは治癒の方法がない。A qilin with a king too has no limit on its lifespan, but this illness alone admits of no remedy.
どいつもこいつも不平ばかり言いやがって。All those bastards do is complain.
無鉄砲で子供の時から損ばかりしている。Because of my recklessness, I have been playing a losing game since childhood.
どの学校であっても、体操着は、スパッツやハーフパンツばかりだ。In schools everywhere sports-wear is all spats and shorts.
王を得た麒麟もまた寿命を持たない生き物だが、この病ばかりは治癒の方法がない。A qilin with a king too has no limit on its lifespan, but this illness alone admits of no remedy.
どいつもこいつも不平ばかり言いやがって。All those bastards do is complain.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
sonloss, disadvantage
tetsuiron
子供kodomochild, children
gakulearning, scholarship
体操taisougymnastics, physical exercises
学校gakkouschool
寿命jumyoulife span
houdirection, way, side
houlaw, act, principle
方法houhoumethod, way, manner
生き物ikimonoliving thing, animal
またmataagain, also
不平fuheicomplaint, dissatisfaction
いつもitsumoalways, usually

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
とき, -どきtime, hour
シ,ス,ツこ, -こ, ねchild, sign of the rat
ム,ブな.いnothingness, none
キョウ,ク,クウ,グそな.える, とも, -どもsubmit, offer
ガクまな.ぶstudy, learning, science
コウ,キョウexam, school, printing, proof, correction
チャク,ジャクき.る, -ぎ, き.せるarrive, wear
タイ,テイからだ, かたちbody, object
セイ,ショウい.きる, い.かす, い.けるlife, genuine, birth
ブツ,モツもの, もの-thing, object
ビョウ,ヘイや.む, -や.み, やまいill, sick
ホウかた, -かた, -がたdirection
も.つ, -も.ち, も.てるhold, have
ホウ,ハッ,ホッ,フランのりmethod, law, rule
ジ,チおさ.める, おさ.まる, なお.るreign, cure, heal
メイ,ミョウいのちfate, destiny, life
オウ,-ノウking, rule, magnate
トクえ.る, う.るgain, get, earn
フ,ブnegative, non-
ゲン,ゴンい.う, ことsay, word
ヘイ,ビョウ,ヒョウたい.ら, たい.らげる, ひらeven, flat, peace

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