What is the difference between だらけ and ばかり


<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flfi38e0NKk>

I'm watching the above video, and they are explaining だらけ, as being synonymous
with ばかり. However, as is always the case when I come across words that have
the same meaning, I am given no way to differentiate them.

May I know which is more polite, which is more common, if there is any nuance
in usage or grammatical rules? Anything that can help me unconsciously decide
which to use when, it would be most welcome.

Thankyou!




「だらけ」 has the connotation of being "all over the place" or being "riddled
with" . The speaker that chooses this word wants to imply that he's not happy
that there's so much of .

> 「ここは男性だらけやんか！」

This has the idea of "There's nothin' but friggin' dudes up in this place!"
i.e. "sausagefest"

「ばかり」 can be simply thought of as "only" in kind of a neutral way where no
real preference for more or less being stated by the speaker.

> 「ここは男性ばかりですね。」

This has more of a "Oh well, I guess there's nothing but men here." sort of a
sound to it.

On a side-note you can emphasize that there's ONLY men by saying the
following.

> 「ここは男性ばっかりですね。」

Now since we're putting some oomph into 「ばかり」 with the addition of 「っ」it
sounds somewhat negative, but it's more like the speaker is expressing his
wish that there were _more than just men_ (also ladies!) rather than 「だらけ」
which expresses a strong negative evaluation of the fact that there are too
many men.

To sum up, 「だらけ」= too many 「ばかり」= only 「ばっかり」= only (and I wish there were
something else)




「だらけ」 has the connotation of being "all over the place" or being "riddled
with" . The speaker that chooses this word wants to imply that he's not happy
that there's so much of .

> 「ここは男性だらけやんか！」

This has the idea of "There's nothin' but friggin' dudes up in this place!"
i.e. "sausagefest"

「ばかり」 can be simply thought of as "only" in kind of a neutral way where no
real preference for more or less being stated by the speaker.

> 「ここは男性ばかりですね。」

This has more of a "Oh well, I guess there's nothing but men here." sort of a
sound to it.

On a side-note you can emphasize that there's ONLY men by saying the
following.

> 「ここは男性ばっかりですね。」

Now since we're putting some oomph into 「ばかり」 with the addition of 「っ」it
sounds somewhat negative, but it's more like the speaker is expressing his
wish that there were _more than just men_ (also ladies!) rather than 「だらけ」
which expresses a strong negative evaluation of the fact that there are too
many men.

To sum up, 「だらけ」= too many 「ばかり」= only 「ばっかり」= only (and I wish there were
something else)

