〜ばかり
- Pattern
- 〜ばかり
- Level
- N3
- Reading
- 〜ばかり indicates that someone does only one thing to the exclusion of other things, often conveying a critical or annoyed nuance from the speaker. It attaches to nouns or the て-form of verbs (e.g. 肉ばかり, 食べてばかり). It contrasts with 〜だけ, which is a neutral limit ('only'), while 〜ばかり carries a subjective tone of excess or critical opinion. level: N4, nuance: critical, informal.
- Meaning
- nothing but, only
- Example
弟はゲームばかりしています。 My younger brother does nothing but play video games.