reizouko kara dashita bakari no bataa wa katakute, toosuto ni sugu nuremasen.

Butter just taken out of the refrigerator is hard and cannot be spread on toast right away.

Breakdown of reizouko kara dashita bakari no bataa wa katakute, toosuto ni sugu nuremasen.

• は: topic particle
• に: destination particle
• の: possessive case particle
• 出だす: to take out

Questions & Answers about reizouko kara dashita bakari no bataa wa katakute, toosuto ni sugu nuremasen.

How is this sentence read?

It is read:

れいぞうこ から だした ばかり の バター は かたくて、トースト に すぐ ぬれません。

A few useful readings:

• 冷蔵庫 = れいぞうこ
• 出した = だした
• 硬くて = かたくて
• ぬれません here is the reading of 塗れません

One important point: this ぬれません is from 塗る meaning to spread / apply, not from 濡れる meaning to get wet.

What does ばかり mean here? Does it mean only?

Here, ばかり does not mean only.

In the pattern verb-past form + ばかり, it means:

• just did
• have just done

So:

• 出したばかり = just took out

In other words, the butter was taken out of the refrigerator a very short time ago.

Why is it 出したばかり and not 出すばかり?