TAKOBOTO

just (just recently) / nothing but
I just bought it / you do nothing but play around

そのほんをかったばかりだ。

I just bought that book

きのうアメリカからかえってきたばかりなんです。

I just got back from America yesterday.

５０００えんばかりもっている。

I have just 5,000 yen.

あなたはいつもわたしのあらさがしばかりしている。

You do nothing but find fault with me.

あなたはなんどもおなじあやまりばかりしている。

You're just making the same mistake time after time.

あのひとはじぶんのぶんたんのしごとをしないことにいつもいいわけばかりしている。

That person does nothing but make excuses for not doing his share of the work.

あなたばかりでなくわたしもまちがっている。

Not only you but also I am wrong.

うちのむすこはあそんでばかりいる。

My son does nothing but play around

おかあさんはいつもわたしのふへいばかりいっている。

My mother does nothing but complain about me.

かれはさくやここにとうちゃくしたばかりです。

He arrived here just last night.

かわいそうにそのしょうじょはいちにちちゅうないてばかりだ。

The poor little girl did nothing but sob all day.

このしゃはえんこばかりしている。

This old car breaks down all the time.

このこはないてばかりいる。

This child does nothing but cry.

このくるまはちかごろこしょうばかりしている。

This car does nothing but break down lately.

このそしきはかんぶばかりなをつらねているのではたしてけっていをくだせるのかあやしいものだ。

Since in this organization they're all chiefs and no Indians, it's a wonder any decisions get made.

このほんはあのほんにくらべて、ためになるばかりでなくおもしろい。

This book is not only more instructive but more interesting than that book.

このほんはしゅっぱんされたばかりだ。

This book is hot off from the press.

ごきょうだいのことはカンザスしゅうからといあわせをうけたばかりです。

We have just received an inquiry from Kansas concerning your brother.

ta form + bakari

han-na_bae

bakari is a "completed fullness", for instance that's all you got because with that you didn't need any more.
dake means that's all you got, but more would be better/ok/possible/,,,

duncane

I second KWhazit's comment: there are most definitely two separate entries here.
Also need to beware: depending on meaning ("just happened"/"nothing but"), placement is different:

食べたばかり -> I just ate (moments ago).
ばかり食べた -> All I/we/etc did was eating (and nothing else).

Furthermore, I believe pronunciation/spelling: ばっかり is also valid (very often heard in speech).

drdave

#5018
その本を買ったばかりです。

#5019
昨日アメリカから帰ってきたばかりです。
I just got back from the US yesterday.

#5027 Use kanji.
彼は昨夜ここに到着したばかりです。

#5028
かわいそうにその少女は一日中泣いてばかりいました。

#5029
この古い車はいつも壊れてばかりです。

#5032
Put "、" right after "〜いるので."

Nick

How is this different from 'dake' or 'tada'?

Jarret

I think this needs to be split into two separate entries.

ばかり (after a past-tense verb) in [#5018], [#5027], [#5034], and others, means that something has only just happened

ばかり (after a noun, -te form verb, etc.) in many of the other examples ([#5021], [#5028], [#5031], etc.) is more of a "nothing but", "all it ever does is", or "all that's there is" feeling.

KWhazit

１．正しいことばかり選べないそれくらいわかってる。
Meaning something like I can't make but the wrong choice.
~ばかり
~てばかり

２．着いたばかり。
I just arrived.
~たばかり

UmiLi

KWhazit, good point!

chieko