~かぎりなく ... にちかい => Almost, near, like, almost like N... N1
Limit, limit
うち (で/ から) => Among, within... N3
Scope
と~と~どちら~か => Comparison N5
Compare
... ばかり => About … N2
More or less in quantity
か~ないかのうちに => right after; as soon as N2
かのうちに => right after; as soon as N2
Simultaneously
ばかりだ => Just N3
Result status
... ばかり => only; just ~ N2
For example, simile
ばかり => only; nothing but ~ N3
... ばかりで => only, just ~ N3
Criticize
か~ないかのうちに => Right after A, C N2
Time, Situation
とかく…がちだ => apt to do, tend to do N2
Trend