〜たばかり

Pattern
〜たばかり
Level
N4
Reading
〜たばかり
Meaning
just finished doing / have just done
Attaches to
Verb (た-form)
Nuance & register

Refers to an action completed recently according to the speaker's subjective feeling, even if time has passed.

Example

日本に来たばかりなので、まだ日本語が上手ではありません。 Since I have just arrived in Japan, I am not good at Japanese yet.

Easily confused with

〜たところ

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