See ばかり on Wiktionary
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"derived": [
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bakari-bakari",
"word": "ばかりばかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bakari ka",
"word": "ばかりか"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bakari ni",
"word": "ばかりに"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "iwanbakari",
"ruby": [
[
"言",
"い"
]
],
"word": "言わんばかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "印ばかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shirushi bakari",
"word": "標ばかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "chiri bakari",
"ruby": [
[
"塵",
"ちり"
]
],
"word": "塵ばかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "to bakari",
"word": "とばかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "tobitatsu bakari",
"ruby": [
[
"飛",
"と"
],
[
"立",
"た"
]
],
"word": "飛び立つばかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "na-bakari",
"ruby": [
[
"名",
"な"
]
],
"word": "名ばかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "-nubakari",
"word": "ぬばかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "-nbakari",
"word": "んばかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "hodo bakari",
"ruby": [
[
"程",
"ほど"
]
],
"word": "程ばかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bakka",
"word": "ばっか"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bakkari",
"word": "ばっかり"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bakashi",
"word": "ばかし"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "bakkashi",
"word": "ばっかし"
}
],
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"1": "計り",
"2": "はかり",
"rom": "-"
},
"expansion": "計(はか)り",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "測り",
"2": "はかり",
"rom": "-"
},
"expansion": "測(はか)り",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "量り",
"2": "はかり",
"3": "measurement, amount, full amount"
},
"expansion": "量(はか)り (hakari, “measurement, amount, full amount”)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "連%用%形",
"2": "れん%よう%けい",
"3": "continuative or stem form"
},
"expansion": "連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "計る",
"2": "はかる",
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},
"expansion": "計(はか)る",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
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"1": "測る",
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},
"expansion": "測(はか)る",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "量る",
"2": "はかる",
"3": "to measure, to weigh, to calculate"
},
"expansion": "量(はか)る (hakaru, “to measure, to weigh, to calculate”)",
"name": "ja-r"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Shift from noun 計(はか)り, 測(はか)り, 量(はか)り (hakari, “measurement, amount, full amount”), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 計(はか)る, 測(はか)る, 量(はか)る (hakaru, “to measure, to weigh, to calculate”). The meaning seems to have shifted from amount to fully, and from there to just or only.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bakari",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "許り",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
}
],
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"1": "particle"
},
"expansion": "ばかり • (bakari)",
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},
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"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "adverbial"
},
"expansion": "(adverbial)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "particle",
"proverbs": [
{
"roman": "kagefumu bakari",
"ruby": [
[
"影",
"かげ"
],
[
"踏",
"ふ"
]
],
"word": "影踏むばかり"
},
{
"roman": "koko bakari ni hi wa teranu",
"ruby": [
[
"此処",
"ここ"
],
[
"日",
"ひ"
],
[
"照",
"て"
]
],
"word": "此処ばかりに日は照らぬ"
},
{
"roman": "jigoku ni mo oni bakari de wa nai",
"ruby": [
[
"地",
"じ"
],
[
"獄",
"ごく"
],
[
"鬼",
"おに"
]
],
"word": "地獄にも鬼ばかりではない"
},
{
"roman": "jigoku no uma de kao bakari ga hito",
"ruby": [
[
"地",
"じ"
],
[
"獄",
"ごく"
],
[
"馬",
"うま"
],
[
"顔",
"かお"
],
[
"人",
"ひと"
]
],
"word": "地獄の馬で顔ばかりが人"
},
{
"roman": "shiranu wa teishu bakari nari",
"ruby": [
[
"知",
"し"
],
[
"亭",
"てい"
],
[
"主",
"しゅ"
]
],
"word": "知らぬは亭主ばかりなり"
},
{
"roman": "hashi o motte kuu bakari",
"ruby": [
[
"箸",
"はし"
],
[
"持",
"も"
],
[
"食",
"く"
]
],
"word": "箸を持って食うばかり"
},
{
"roman": "hari sasu bakari",
"ruby": [
[
"針",
"はり"
],
[
"刺",
"さ"
]
],
"word": "針刺すばかり"
}
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "uta ni bakari utau",
"ruby": [
[
"歌",
"うた"
],
[
"歌",
"うた"
]
],
"word": "歌にばかり歌う"
}
],
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{
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23
]
],
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5,
8
]
],
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12,
16
]
],
"english": "The mystery only deepens.",
"roman": "Nazo wa fukamaru bakari da.",
"ruby": [
[
"謎",
"なぞ"
],
[
"深",
"ふか"
]
],
"text": "謎は深まるばかりだ。",
"translation": "The mystery only deepens.",
"type": "example"
},
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7,
13
]
],
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2,
5
]
],
"english": "Nothing but well done this time.",
"roman": "Konkai bakari wa yoku yatta.",
"ruby": [
[
"今回",
"こんかい"
]
],
"text": "今回ばかりはよくやった。",
"translation": "Nothing but well done this time.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"just; only; nothing but"
],
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"links": [
[
"just",
"just"
],
[
"only",
"only"
],
[
"nothing but",
"nothing but"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"alt": "dake",
"word": "だけ"
},
{
"alt": "nomi",
"word": "のみ"
}
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
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],
"english": "He's always eating.",
"roman": "Kare wa tabete bakari iru.",
"ruby": [
[
"彼",
"かれ"
],
[
"食",
"た"
]
],
"text": "彼は食べてばかりいる。",
"translation": "He's always eating.",
"type": "example"
},
{
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10,
16
]
],
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5,
8
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],
"english": "Take action instead of moping all day.",
"roman": "Ochikonde bakari izu ni mae ni susumō.",
"ruby": [
[
"落",
"お"
],
[
"込",
"こ"
],
[
"前",
"まえ"
],
[
"進",
"すす"
]
],
"text": "落ち込んでばかりいずに前に進もう。",
"translation": "Take action instead of moping all day.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"only, always (doing something)"
],
"id": "en-ばかり-ja-particle-HXeCGGmY",
"links": [
[
"only",
"only"
],
[
"always",
"always"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in the form 〜てばかりいる (~te bakari iru)) only, always (doing something)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the form 〜てばかりいる (~te bakari iru)"
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
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],
"english": "Tokyo is just full of people.",
"roman": "Tōkyō wa hito bakari da.",
"ruby": [
[
"東",
"とう"
],
[
"京",
"きょう"
],
[
"人",
"ひと"
]
],
"text": "東京は人ばかりだ。",
"translation": "Tokyo is just full of people.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"full of nothing but"
],
"id": "en-ばかり-ja-particle-bFU-9Ztr",
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],
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]
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{
"english": "I just ate.",
"roman": "Tabeta bakari da.",
"ruby": [
[
"食",
"た"
]
],
"text": "食べたばかりだ。",
"translation": "I just ate."
},
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15
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],
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23,
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],
"english": "I was eighteen and had just entered university.",
"ref": "1987, 村上春樹 [Murakami Haruki], chapter 2, in ノルウェイの森 [Noruwei no Mori, Norwegian Wood]:",
"roman": "Murakami Haruki",
"ruby": [
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
],
[
"十八",
"じゅうはち"
],
[
"大学",
"だいがく"
],
[
"入",
"はい"
]
],
"text": "僕は十八で、大学に入ったばかりだった。",
"translation": "I was eighteen and had just entered university.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"just (recently completed action)"
],
"id": "en-ばかり-ja-particle-GL09EWYG",
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"just (recently completed action) [with past verb]"
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"english": "After about a week I again passed through the room as K and O-jō-san were talking together.",
"ref": "1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 27, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:",
"roman": "Isshūkan bakari shite watakushi wa mata Kei to O-jō-san ga issho ni hanashite iru heya o tōrinukemashita.",
"ruby": [
[
"一",
"いっ"
],
[
"週",
"しゅう"
],
[
"間",
"かん"
],
[
"私",
"わたくし"
],
[
"Ｋ",
"ケイ"
],
[
"嬢",
"じょう"
],
[
"話",
"はな"
],
[
"室",
"へや"
],
[
"通",
"とお"
],
[
"抜",
"ぬ"
]
],
"text": "一週間ばかりして私はまたＫとお嬢さんがいっしょに話している室を通り抜けました。",
"translation": "After about a week I again passed through the room as K and O-jō-san were talking together.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"ばかり, 許り: roughly, about"
],
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},
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"roman": "bakari-bakari",
"word": "ばかりばかり"
},
{
"roman": "bakari ka",
"word": "ばかりか"
},
{
"roman": "bakari ni",
"word": "ばかりに"
},
{
"roman": "iwanbakari",
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[
"言",
"い"
]
],
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},
{
"word": "印ばかり"
},
{
"roman": "shirushi bakari",
"word": "標ばかり"
},
{
"roman": "chiri bakari",
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[
"塵",
"ちり"
]
],
"word": "塵ばかり"
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{
"roman": "to bakari",
"word": "とばかり"
},
{
"roman": "tobitatsu bakari",
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[
"飛",
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[
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],
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},
{
"roman": "na-bakari",
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[
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},
{
"roman": "-nubakari",
"word": "ぬばかり"
},
{
"roman": "-nbakari",
"word": "んばかり"
},
{
"roman": "hodo bakari",
"ruby": [
[
"程",
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]
],
"word": "程ばかり"
},
{
"roman": "bakka",
"word": "ばっか"
},
{
"roman": "bakkari",
"word": "ばっかり"
},
{
"roman": "bakashi",
"word": "ばかし"
},
{
"roman": "bakkashi",
"word": "ばっかし"
}
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"3": "to measure, to weigh, to calculate"
},
"expansion": "量(はか)る (hakaru, “to measure, to weigh, to calculate”)",
"name": "ja-r"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Shift from noun 計(はか)り, 測(はか)り, 量(はか)り (hakari, “measurement, amount, full amount”), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 計(はか)る, 測(はか)る, 量(はか)る (hakaru, “to measure, to weigh, to calculate”). The meaning seems to have shifted from amount to fully, and from there to just or only.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bakari",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "許り",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "particle"
},
"expansion": "ばかり • (bakari)",
"name": "ja-pos"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "adverbial"
},
"expansion": "(adverbial)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "particle",
"proverbs": [
{
"roman": "kagefumu bakari",
"ruby": [
[
"影",
"かげ"
],
[
"踏",
"ふ"
]
],
"word": "影踏むばかり"
},
{
"roman": "koko bakari ni hi wa teranu",
"ruby": [
[
"此処",
"ここ"
],
[
"日",
"ひ"
],
[
"照",
"て"
]
],
"word": "此処ばかりに日は照らぬ"
},
{
"roman": "jigoku ni mo oni bakari de wa nai",
"ruby": [
[
"地",
"じ"
],
[
"獄",
"ごく"
],
[
"鬼",
"おに"
]
],
"word": "地獄にも鬼ばかりではない"
},
{
"roman": "jigoku no uma de kao bakari ga hito",
"ruby": [
[
"地",
"じ"
],
[
"獄",
"ごく"
],
[
"馬",
"うま"
],
[
"顔",
"かお"
],
[
"人",
"ひと"
]
],
"word": "地獄の馬で顔ばかりが人"
},
{
"roman": "shiranu wa teishu bakari nari",
"ruby": [
[
"知",
"し"
],
[
"亭",
"てい"
],
[
"主",
"しゅ"
]
],
"word": "知らぬは亭主ばかりなり"
},
{
"roman": "hashi o motte kuu bakari",
"ruby": [
[
"箸",
"はし"
],
[
"持",
"も"
],
[
"食",
"く"
]
],
"word": "箸を持って食うばかり"
},
{
"roman": "hari sasu bakari",
"ruby": [
[
"針",
"はり"
],
[
"刺",
"さ"
]
],
"word": "針刺すばかり"
}
],
"related": [
{
"roman": "uta ni bakari utau",
"ruby": [
[
"歌",
"うた"
],
[
"歌",
"うた"
]
],
"word": "歌にばかり歌う"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
17,
23
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
5,
8
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
12,
16
]
],
"english": "The mystery only deepens.",
"roman": "Nazo wa fukamaru bakari da.",
"ruby": [
[
"謎",
"なぞ"
],
[
"深",
"ふか"
]
],
"text": "謎は深まるばかりだ。",
"translation": "The mystery only deepens.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
7,
13
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
2,
5
]
],
"english": "Nothing but well done this time.",
"roman": "Konkai bakari wa yoku yatta.",
"ruby": [
[
"今回",
"こんかい"
]
],
"text": "今回ばかりはよくやった。",
"translation": "Nothing but well done this time.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"just; only; nothing but"
],
"links": [
[
"just",
"just"
],
[
"only",
"only"
],
[
"nothing but",
"nothing but"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"alt": "dake",
"word": "だけ"
},
{
"alt": "nomi",
"word": "のみ"
}
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
15,
21
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
5,
8
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
5,
11
]
],
"english": "He's always eating.",
"roman": "Kare wa tabete bakari iru.",
"ruby": [
[
"彼",
"かれ"
],
[
"食",
"た"
]
],
"text": "彼は食べてばかりいる。",
"translation": "He's always eating.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
10,
16
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
5,
8
]
],
"english": "Take action instead of moping all day.",
"roman": "Ochikonde bakari izu ni mae ni susumō.",
"ruby": [
[
"落",
"お"
],
[
"込",
"こ"
],
[
"前",
"まえ"
],
[
"進",
"すす"
]
],
"text": "落ち込んでばかりいずに前に進もう。",
"translation": "Take action instead of moping all day.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"only, always (doing something)"
],
"links": [
[
"only",
"only"
],
[
"always",
"always"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in the form 〜てばかりいる (~te bakari iru)) only, always (doing something)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the form 〜てばかりいる (~te bakari iru)"
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
14,
20
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
7
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
21
]
],
"english": "Tokyo is just full of people.",
"roman": "Tōkyō wa hito bakari da.",
"ruby": [
[
"東",
"とう"
],
[
"京",
"きょう"
],
[
"人",
"ひと"
]
],
"text": "東京は人ばかりだ。",
"translation": "Tokyo is just full of people.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"full of nothing but"
],
"info_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "a noun"
},
"expansion": "[with a noun]",
"extra_data": {
"words": [
"a",
"noun"
]
},
"name": "+obj"
}
],
"links": [
[
"full",
"full"
],
[
"nothing but",
"nothing but"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"full of nothing but [with a noun]"
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with quotations",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I just ate.",
"roman": "Tabeta bakari da.",
"ruby": [
[
"食",
"た"
]
],
"text": "食べたばかりだ。",
"translation": "I just ate."
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
12,
15
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
23,
27
]
],
"english": "I was eighteen and had just entered university.",
"ref": "1987, 村上春樹 [Murakami Haruki], chapter 2, in ノルウェイの森 [Noruwei no Mori, Norwegian Wood]:",
"roman": "Murakami Haruki",
"ruby": [
[
"僕",
"ぼく"
],
[
"十八",
"じゅうはち"
],
[
"大学",
"だいがく"
],
[
"入",
"はい"
]
],
"text": "僕は十八で、大学に入ったばかりだった。",
"translation": "I was eighteen and had just entered university.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"just (recently completed action)"
],
"info_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "past verb"
},
"expansion": "[with past verb]",
"extra_data": {
"tags": [
"past",
"verb"
]
},
"name": "+obj"
}
],
"links": [
[
"just",
"just"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"just (recently completed action) [with past verb]"
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
3,
6
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
6,
11
]
],
"english": "After about a week I again passed through the room as K and O-jō-san were talking together.",
"ref": "1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 27, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:",
"roman": "Isshūkan bakari shite watakushi wa mata Kei to O-jō-san ga issho ni hanashite iru heya o tōrinukemashita.",
"ruby": [
[
"一",
"いっ"
],
[
"週",
"しゅう"
],
[
"間",
"かん"
],
[
"私",
"わたくし"
],
[
"Ｋ",
"ケイ"
],
[
"嬢",
"じょう"
],
[
"話",
"はな"
],
[
"室",
"へや"
],
[
"通",
"とお"
],
[
"抜",
"ぬ"
]
],
"text": "一週間ばかりして私はまたＫとお嬢さんがいっしょに話している室を通り抜けました。",
"translation": "After about a week I again passed through the room as K and O-jō-san were talking together.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"ばかり, 許り: roughly, about"
],
"info_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "a number"
},
"expansion": "[with a number]",
"extra_data": {
"words": [
"a",
"number"
]
},
"name": "+obj"
}
],
"links": [
[
"ばかり",
"ばかり#Japanese"
],
[
"許り",
"許り#Japanese"
],
[
"roughly",
"roughly"
],
[
"about",
"about"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"ばかり, 許り: roughly, about [with a number]"
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ba̠ka̠ɾʲi]"
},
{
"other": "ばかり"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijirin"
],
"word": "ばかり"
}
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