Keyword
be in excess
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 6
Heisig1786
Old form
Readings
(79%)
あま
(14%)
Composed of
person
out of
short legs
Used in kanji (9 in total)
route
exclude
paint
gradually
Used in vocabulary (229 in total)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
Examples (127 in total)
I'd like to buy a house, but I can't afford to.
I can't afford to buy a house.
Do you have much time to spare?
I can't afford to buy all the things I want.
I can't afford to buy such an expensive car.
I can't afford to keep a car.
He can't afford to buy a new car.
She wants to buy a car, but she can't afford to.
I can't afford to buy a car.
I can't afford to rent a house like this in Tokyo.
I can't afford to buy her a new dress.
I want a television set, but I can't afford to buy one.
I can't afford to buy such a thing.
I can't afford to shop at such an expensive store.
I can't afford such a good camera as yours.
I could not afford to buy a bicycle.
I cannot afford to buy a new bicycle.
I can afford one, but not both.
Find the remainder when 2²⁰¹³ is divided by 3.
I don't have much money, but I can get along somehow.
You needn't worry too much.
Sometimes those photos are not very good.
I didn't like him much; in fact I hated him.
We can't afford to keep a horse.
But he knew he had no choice.
I was unwilling to agree to the proposal, but it seemed that I had no choice.
There could be no doubt as to who the man was.
There can be no doubt whatever about it.
There is no longer any room for doubt.
There's no doubt that the universe is infinite.
There is no doubt that he was murdered.
There is no question as to her talent.
There is no doubt as to her beauty.
There is no room for doubt.
I couldn't afford to pay back my debt.
I couldn't afford to buy a bicycle, much less a car.
Traveling is a luxury I can't afford.
The evidence left little room for doubt.
There is little room for doubt.
Women had little choice in the past.
I have lived here a little over 60 years.
He cannot afford to buy a car.
He cannot afford to buy a car, much less a house.
I cannot afford to buy a car.
Life is too long to do nothing, but too short to do something.
I can't afford to buy an expensive car.
There's much room for improvement in this project.
Actually, this method has plenty of room for improvement.
There's a lot of room left for improvement.
The situation is capable of improvement.
I allowed a margin of ten minutes.
I don't earn enough money to buy clothes regularly.
Jack can't afford to buy a new bicycle.
I cannot afford a long vacation.
There is no room for further improvement in this system.
Actually, the present method has plenty of room for improvement.
There is no room to doubt that he is a gifted artist.
There is no excuse for such behavior.
There is no excuse for your actions.
There is no doubt as to her innocence.
There's still some room in the closet.
Too many people are indifferent to politics.
Mary is very beautiful, but she doesn't have a very good personality.
There is plenty of room for improvement in this dictionary.
There's still plenty of room for improvement in dictionaries.
There's no excuse for his delay.
He decided not to use much energy in his daily life.
I always need an extra blanket in the wintertime.
That job brings him in an extra 60,000 yen a month.
The extra room proved very useful when we had visitors.
Do you have an extra English dictionary by any chance?
It's likely to get cold tonight, so you may need an extra blanket.
We'll need an extra ten dollars.
We were forced to back out of a contract due to the earthquake.
Tom can't afford to buy a house.
Tom didn't have much of a choice.
Apart from his parents, no one knows him very well.
Her father can afford to give her a big allowance every month.
The body converts extra calories into fat.
Our neighbors were forced to sell their house.
His guilt leaves no room for doubt.
There is no room for doubt about his guilt.
My guilt leaves no room for doubt.
The doctor advised me not to eat too much.
Those are the leftovers from lunch.
If you only had one more week to live, what would you spend your time doing?
He used to eat out every day, but now he can't afford it.
There's ample room in the attic.
He was so intent on money-making that he had no time to think of anything else.
An abundance of rice was produced last year.
Tom didn't have enough money to buy Mary a present.
I didn't have enough money to buy her a present.
There is ample room for another car.
I don't want to spend the rest of my life regretting it.
I want to spend rest of the life pursuing my ideals.
Nowadays few people can afford to employ a maid.
The minister was obliged to resign from the cabinet.
The Prime Minister was obliged to resign from the Cabinet.
Those present were all moved to tears.
I can't prune this tree. It's too tall.
He didn't know what to do with the extra food.
He did not know what to do with the extra food.
Since there wasn't much time to spare, she took a taxi.
I want to spend my free time wisely.
Leisure has been viewed as a means to an end.
Try to make good use of your spare time.
Try to utilize your leisure for reading.
She spends her leisure time making dolls.
She has taken up knitting in her spare time.
Time is allotted for work, recreation, and study.
Reading is a pleasant way to spend one's leisure.
There is no room for reconsideration.
I can't afford a new car this year.
I can't afford to buy a new car.
I can't afford to eat in such an expensive restaurant.
He wrote his comments in the margin of the composition.
She was so scared that she couldn't speak.
There was a phone call from a 50-year old man who had been told he had a year left to live due to heart disease.
Even now, from time to time there are aftershocks happening.
The treaty has been concluded after many twists and turns.
He was compelled to resign on account of ill health.
I can't afford to buy a used car, much less a new one.
I can't afford to buy a used car, much less a new car.
The government was obliged to make changes in its foreign policy.
The delay forced us to stay overnight in an expensive hotel.
Yuriko arranges flowers in her spare time.
Because of the volcanic eruption, many people were forced to evacuate.