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Grammar detail: verb stem + んばかり

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verb stem + んばかり
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verb negative stem
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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.
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そのニュースは
むね
胸
が
は
張
りさけんばかりだった。
The news broke her heart.
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この
くるま
車
のスピードの
はや
速
さは
み
見
えんばかりだ。
This car is so fast it's as if it were invisible.
This form is the basis of the set expression 言わんばかり, 'as if to say':
DETAILS
ゆうじん
友人
は「
ふかのう
不可能
だ」と
い
言
わんばかりに
くび
首
を
よこ
横
に
ふ
振
った。
My friend shook his head as much as to say "impossible".
に is used to join the んばかり form with the next clause:
DETAILS
かれ
彼
は
どうい
同意
すると
い
言
わんばかりにうなずいた。
He nodded as much as to say, I agree.
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Kanji used in this grammar

言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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胸
キョウ   むね    むな- chest   
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張
チョウ   はる to stretch   
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車
シャ   くるま car   
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速
ソク   はやい fast   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   すみやか speedy   
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見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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友
ユウ   とも friend   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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不
フ   ブ    not   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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能
ノウ    ability   
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首
シュ   くび neck; head   
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3
横
オウ   よこ side   
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振
シン   ふる    ふれる to wield, swing, wave   ふるう to wield, swing; prosper   
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彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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3
同
ドウ   おなじ same   
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2
意
イ    idea   
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