あま
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. remainder; remnant; rest; balance; surplus; remains (of a meal); leftovers
when read as "あまり"
Adverb
Usually written in kana
2. (not) very; (not) much
with neg. sentence
3. too much; excessively; overly
esp. as あまりに(も)
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
4. extreme; great; severe; tremendous; terrible
Suffix
5. more than; over
when read as "あまり"
Kanji used
be in excess
Pitch accent
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Top 3000
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
Examples (12 in total)
You needn't worry too much.
She was so scared that she couldn't speak.
I don't have much money, but I can get along somehow.
Too many people are indifferent to politics.
The doctor advised me not to eat too much.
I can't prune this tree. It's too tall.
Sometimes those photos are not very good.
Life is too long to do nothing, but too short to do something.
Mary is very beautiful, but she doesn't have a very good personality.
I didn't like him much; in fact I hated him.
He decided not to use much energy in his daily life.
Find the remainder when 2²⁰¹³ is divided by 3.