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たばかりだ details

write + (past) + just did

kaita bakari da

just did; freshly done

meaning: have just written

実じつは、この町まちに引っ越しひっこしたばかりだ。

jitsu wa, kono machi ni hikkoshita bakari da.

Actually, I have just moved to this town. neutral

さっき起おきたばっかりで、まだ頭あたまが働はたらかない。

sakki okita bakkari de, mada atama ga hatarakanai.

I just got up, so my brain isn't working yet. casual

  • colloquial
  • past
  • polite

Examples

just did — the event counts as recent by the speaker's reckoning, often excusing or explaining something

実じつは、この町まちに引ひっ越こしたばかりだ。

jitsu wa, kono machi ni hikkoshitabakarida.

Actually, I have just moved to this town. neutral

さっき起おきたばっかりで、まだ頭あたまが働はたらかない。

sakki okita bakkari de, mada atama ga hatarakanai.

I just got up, so my brain isn't working yet. casual

この会社かいしゃに入はいったばかりで、分わからないことが多おおい。

kono kaisha ni haitta bakari de, wakaranai koto ga ooi.

I've only just joined this company, so there's a lot I don't know. neutral

こちらは先月せんげつ発売はつばいされたばかりの新製品しんせいひんです。

kochira wa sengetsu hatsubai sareta bakari no shinseihin desu.

This is a new product that was released just last month. formal

Formation

Variant notes

Notes

Recency here is a claim, not a measurement — 十年前に建てたばかり fails, but anything the speaker frames as fresh (先月、去年) passes. Before a noun it becomes たばかりのN: 買ったばかりの車.

Related patterns

Similar

  • ところだ

    Both claim "just did" off the た-form, but たところだ measures an objective clock-window (minutes to hours, rejects stated long spans), while たばかり is the speaker's subjective recency and stretches freely — 先月[せんげつ]結婚[けっこん]したばかり is fine, ×先月結婚したところだ is not.

  • たことがある

    Both stamp a finished event onto the present off the た-form, but たことがある files it as experience from anywhere in one's past (十年前に行ったことがある is fine), while たばかり claims the event as fresh — swap them and "I've been there before" becomes "I just went".

Lookalikes

  • あとで

    Both sit on the た-form, but たばかり asserts recency ("just did"), while たあとで only sequences — 十年前に卒業したあとで is neutral; たばかり with a long span needs the speaker to frame it as subjectively recent.

  • ばかり

    Same ばかり, different attachment and meaning — てばかりいる after the te-form reports habitual excess with disapproval, たばかり after the plain past marks bare recency (着いたばかり) and passes no judgment.