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Grammar detail: verb stem + んばかり
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verb negative stem
+ んばかり（に）
means as if ~; as though ~
This form is used to indicate a high level of similarity between two things - for example, to suggest that one thing is so similar to something else that it is as if it actually were that thing.
This form is the basis of the set expression 言わんばかり, 'as if to say':
に is used to join the んばかり form with the next clause:
See also:
- verb plain past + ばかり - just
- verb て form + ばかり - nothing but; only
- ばかりでなく - not only ~
- ばかりに - just because ~; on account of ~
Kanji used in this grammar
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