Seems like A; Seems as if A (will occur soon)
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子供が死に、彼女は悲しみで気も狂わんばかりであった。
She went nearly mad with grief after the child died.
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彼女と別れた夜は、胸も張り裂けんばかりだった。
The night that I broke up with my girlfriend, it felt as if my chest would split apart.
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彼女はうんざりしたといわんばかりに僕を見た。
She looked at me as if she was saying that she was fed up.
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Basic Examples:
飛ばんばかりだ (as if flying)
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憎まんばかりの (seems to hate)
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言わんばかりに (as if saying)
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まことまじま
Level: 443
(3 years ago)
Some action or appearance is on the verge of becoming something else. Not used to describe speaker's own appearance
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