Mimi Kara Oboeru N2 Grammar: 9．～ばかりだ
09/08/2020Updated 04/09/20211 min read
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Mimi Kara Oboeru N2 Grammar: 9．～ばかりだ
9．～ばかりだ (bakari da)
a. Meaning: expresses change in one (bad) direction, “keeps ~ing”…
b. Structure: Vる＋ばかりだ
Examples:
1, 年をとると、記憶力は衰えるばかりだ。
As you get older, your memory keeps declining.
2, この数年、生活は苦しくなるばかりだ。
Over the past few years, life has just kept getting harder.
3, せっかく覚えた日本語も、使わなければ忘れていくばかりだ。
Even the Japanese you worked so hard to memorise will just slip away if you do not use it.
4, 仕事も私生活もうまくいかない。ストレスがたまるばかりで、いやになってし まう。
Neither work nor my private life is going well. The stress keeps piling up and I am getting fed up.