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たばかりだ

たばかりだta bakari daN4neutral

savor + (past) + just did

ajiwatta bakari da

just did; freshly done

meaning: have just savored

Related

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜たばかりだ
  • 味あじわったばかりだ

実じつは、この町まちに味あじわったばかりだ。

jitsu wa, kono machi ni ajiwatta bakari da.

Actually, I have just savored 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

Same meaning2

just did; freshly done

All examples4

just did — recent by the speaker's own reckoning, often as an excuse

  1. 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 hikkoshita bakari da.

    Actually, I have just moved to this town. neutral

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

How it's formed1

All forms5

  • たばっかりtabakkaricolloquial

    味あじわったばっかり

    spoken strengthening, だ usually dropped with it — 起おきたばっかりだよ. Speech and messaging; write ばかり elsewhere.

  • たばかりのtabakarino＋名詞めいしadnominal

    味あじわったばかりの

    sits straight before the noun it describes — 買かったばかりの車くるま "a car I have only just bought", 会あったばかりのころ "back when we had only just met".

  • pastたばかりだったtabakaridatta

    味あじわったばかりだった

  • politeたばかりですtabakaridesu

    味あじわったばかりです

  • て-formたばかりでtabakaride

    味あじわったばかりで

Notes

Recency is a claim, not a fact — 十年前じゅうねんまえに建たてたばかり fails,
but 先月せんげつ or 去年きょねん feels fresh and passes. に／を／が never
marks it (not ×着ついたばかりに電話でんわした); たばかりに exists as a
separate "all because" word.