This means something just finished. Or, something just started. It is how you feel about it.
Verb [た-form] + ばかりだPrimary
Verb [た-form] + ばかりです
Verb [た-form] + ばかりの + Noun
This means something just finished. Or, something just started. It is how you feel about it.
さっき昼ご飯を食べたばかりなので、お腹がいっぱいです。
I just ate lunch a little while ago, so I'm full.
日本に来たばかりだったから、まだ日本語が下手だった。
Because I had just come to Japan, my Japanese was still poor.
ペンキを塗りたてのベンチに、買ったばかりのズボンで座ってしまった。
I accidentally sat on a freshly painted bench with the pants I had just bought.
別に今決めたばかりじゃないよ。前から考えていたことだ。
It's not that I just decided this now. It's something I've been thinking about for a while.
この会社に入社したばかりですが、一日も早く仕事に慣れたいです。
I just joined this company, but I want to get used to the work as soon as possible.
This grammar is about how you feel. It shows something feels new to you. It does not matter how much time has really passed.
Both "~ta bakari da" and "~ta tokoro da" mean "just did something". But they are different. "~ta tokoro da" means something finished a very short time ago. It is a fact. "~ta bakari da" means you feel like it was a short time ago. The actual time might be longer. "~tate da" is for new things. It means something is fresh. For example, "freshly baked bread."
Use this when you want to say something just happened. You can use it at the end of a sentence. You can also use it to describe a noun. Or you can use it to link two parts of a sentence.
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