At a glance
Noun + ばかり means "nothing but [noun]" or "all [noun]". It shows that there is a lot of one thing, or that the same thing happens again and again.
Noun + ばかり + verb / です
甘いものばかり食べています。 I eat nothing but sweets.
How to form it
ばかり attaches directly to a noun. を and が are usually dropped.
| Pattern | Example | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Noun + ばかり + verb | 肉ばかり食べる | eat nothing but meat |
| Noun + ばかり + です / だ | 毎日雨ばかりです | it's nothing but rain every day |
| Noun + ばかり + の + noun | 女の子ばかりのクラス | a class of all girls |
ばかり itself does not change. Make the sentence polite or casual with the verb or です at the end.