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んばかりに

💡Meaning

As if

📝Usage

Verb[ない form, drop い] + んばかりに

⚠️Notes

An expression for a simile, meaning "as if on the verge of doing." (e.g., 彼は泣き出さんばかりの顔で、私を見ていた。 - He was looking at me with a face as if he were about to cry.)