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〜たばかり
The new job was just started — たばかり conveys the speaker's sense that it is still recent.
Tested at JLPT N2 — 4 practice questions below.
Practice 〜たばかり →V-た + ばかりだ states that an action was completed recently — 'just ~ed' on the speaker's subjective scale, so it can combine with 先週 when the purchase still feels fresh. 「ところだ」 also means 'just did' but pins the event to the immediate moment, conflicting with an explicit 'last week'. 「はずだ」 is expectation and 「ことだ」 is advice — neither expresses recency.
この町に引っ越してきた＿＿＿。
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昼ご飯を食べた＿＿＿。
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新しい仕事を始めた＿＿＿。
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