余り

Meanings

1. remainder; remnant; rest; balance; surplus; remains (of a meal); leftovers
2. (not) very; (not) much
3. too much; excessively; overly
4. extreme; great; severe; tremendous; terrible
5. not very good; so-so; mediocre

Part of speech: noun, no-adjective, adverb, na-adjective, noun (suffix)

Kanji

• 余

  Meanings

  too much, myself, surplus, other

  On reading

  ヨ

  Kun reading

  あま.る、あま.り、あま.す、あんま.り

  Strokes

  7

Example sentences

• ぎょうざの具のあまりは？餃子を家で作りましたが、皮が少なかったせいか、具が少し余ってしまいました。

  Gyoza stuffing? I made some gyoza at home but, possibly because I didn't have enough dough, I had some of the filling left over.

  Tatoeba #76786 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• それはあまり価値がない。

  It's not worth much.

  Tatoeba #205558 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• この手の本はあまり読まない。

  I don't read this kind of book much.

  Tatoeba #221356 · CC BY 2.0 FR