余り

余り (hiragana あまり, rōmaji amari)

1. remainder

• 余 (よ)分 (ぶん) (yobun)

• 余 (よ)剰 (じょう) (yojō)
• 剰 (じょう)余 (よ) (jōyo)

余り (hiragana あまり, rōmaji amari)

(alternative reading hiragana あんまり, romaji anmari)

1. (with negative verbs) not very often; not much

   西村 (にしむら)さんは朝 (あさ)ご飯 (はん)をあまり食 (た)べません。

   Nishimura-san wa asagohan o amari tabemasen.

   Nishimura does not eat breakfast very often.

   • 2009, けいおん！

     「あんまりうまくないですね！」

     “Anmari umakunai desu ne!”

     "You guys aren't very good, are you?"

• 時々 (ときどき) (tokidoki): sometimes, at times, occasionally

• よく (yoku): frequently; often
• 全 (ぜん)然 (ぜん) (zenzen): (with negative verbs) not at all; completely never

余り (hiragana あまり, rōmaji -amari)

1. Used after a numeral to express “a little more than”.
2. (archaic) Used to connect numerals: and
   • はづきとおかあまりいつか(a native reading of 八月十五日, which is today read as はちがつじゅうごにち (hachigatsu jūgonichi) for “August 15th”)

     hazuki tōka amari itsuka

     the 15th day of the 8th month [lit. eighth-month ten-days and five-days]

• The word is used to connect native Japanese numerals (ひとつ, ふたつ etc.) into numbers, e.g. 'ten' and 'five' into 'fifteen' rather than 'ten, five'. It is not used when counting in Chinese numerals (いち, に etc.).