Meaning of 余り in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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余り, 餘りJLPT 5
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Kana Readingあまり, あんまり
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Romajiamari, anmari
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`, noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a suffix
- Meaning
- remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi)
- Meaning
- not very (with negative sentence); not much
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- surplus; excess; fullness; too much
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi)
- Meaning
- overjoyed; overwhelmed
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- Parts of speech
- noun, used as a suffix
- Meaning
- more than; over
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Example Sentences
余り, 餘り, あまり, あんまり used in context
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I lived for more than a month in Nagoya.
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「もし疲れているなら寝たらどう？」 「僕が今寝たらあまりに早く目覚めてしまうから。」
If you're tired, why don't you go to sleep? "Because if I go to sleep now I will wake up too early."
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The company is running so well, it's unnerving.
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ほぼ赤道直下にあるシンガポールでは、雨季・乾季があまり明瞭ではない。
In Singapore, practically right on the equator, the rainy and dry seasons aren't very clear cut.
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It was early spring, so there weren't many customers.
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「服汚れるでしょ」「それはノープロブレム。もともとあんまり綺麗じゃないし」
You'll get your clothes dirty. "No worries. They weren't very clean in the first place."
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Kanji found in this word
too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder
On: ヨ
Kun: あま.る, あま.り, あま.す, あんま.り
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