Minimum Expectation

Vocabulary

さすがas expected

プロprofessional

うまいi-adjskillful, delicious

ゲームgame

文句(もんく)もん・くcomplaint

食(た)べるた・べるru-verbto eat

高(たか)いたか・いi-adjexpensive

勉強(べんきょう)べん・きょうstudy

着(つ)くつ・くu-verbto arrive

壊(こわ)れるこわ・れるru-verbto break

Grammar related to whether something met, didn’t meet, or was just an expectation.

だけあって (As expected of)

Used when a result matches the high expectation derived from a reason.

さすが、プロだけあってうまい。As expected of a pro, he's skillful.

高(たか)いだけあって、おいしい。As you'd expect from something expensive, it's delicious.

日本人(にっぽんじん)だけあって、日本語(にほんご)が上手(じょうず)だ。As expected of a Japanese person, their Japanese is good.

ばかり (Nothing but / Just)

Used to express that there is so much of something, or one does nothing but that action.

ゲームばかりしている。He does nothing but play games.

文句(もんく)ばかり言(い)う。They do nothing but complain.

食(た)べてばかりいる。They're always just eating.

Just finished

今(いま)、着(つ)いたばかりだ。I just arrived.

始(はじ)めたばかりです。I just started.

買(か)ったばかりなのに壊(こわ)れた。It broke even though I just bought it.