Vocab Info
N5 Noun, の-adjective, Adverb, な-adjective, Noun suffix
余りremainder, rest, balance, remains, scraps, residue, remnant
Dictionary Definition
Common
- Noun, の-adjective - 1. - remainder, remnant, rest, balance, surplus, remains (of a meal), leftovers Usually written using kana alone, Only applies to あまり
 
- Adverb - 2. - (not) very, (not) much Usually written using kana alone, with neg. sentence
- 3. 
 
- な-adjective, の-adjective - 4. - extreme, great, severe, tremendous, terrible 
 
- Noun suffix - 5. - more than, over Only applies to あまり
 
All Forms
余り 【あまり】、余り 【あんまり】、餘り 【あまり】、餘り 【あんまり】
Details
- あ 
- ま 
- り 
 
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Examples
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- 昨日の余りを食べる。 - I will eat leftovers from yesterday. - N5
 
- ここには20人余りが住んでいます。 - More than twenty people live here. - N5
 
- 今日は昨日の夕食の余りを食べるつもりだ。 - Today, I intend to eat the last night's leftovers. - N5
 
- 7を2で割ると、答えは3余り1です。 - If you divide 7 by 2, the answer would be 3 with a remainder of 1. - N5
 
- ご飯の余りはラップに包んで冷凍してください。 - Please wrap extra rice in plastic wrap and freeze. - N4
 
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