► 副詞
余り [あまり] meaning: excessive rank: 1
☆ 余り心配する必要は無いです ⇨ There’s no need to worry too much
☆ 余り無理をしないでね ⇨ Don’t work too hard
余り [あまり] [余りにも] meaning: excessive rank: 1
☆ こんな時にそんな事をするとは、余りにもふざけている ⇨ It is way too out of line to do something like that in a time like this
余り [あまり] [余り～ない] meaning: not much rank: 1
☆ この地域では雪は余り降らない ⇨ It doesn’t snow much in this area
☆ これ以上時間を掛けても結果は余り変わらない ⇨ The result won’t be very different even if we spend more time
☆ 彼は余り酒を飲まない ⇨ He doesn’t drink much
► 名詞
余り [あまり] meaning: excessive rank: 1
☆ 余りの有給休暇 ⇨ Unused paid vacations (☛ More than you could use)
余り [あまり] meaning: remain rank: 1
☆ 10割る3は3と余り1 ⇨ 10 divided 3 is 3 and a remainder 1
余り [(1)あまり] [liter] meaning: excessive rank: 2
☆ 彼女は心配の余り病気になってしまった ⇨ She has become sick because of too much worry
☆ 彼女は恐怖の余り漏らしてしまった ⇨ She wetted her pants because of too much fear
☆ 急ぐ余りに計算間違いをしてしまった ⇨ I was in too much hurry that I made miscalculations
► 形容動詞
余り [あまり] [liter] meaning: excessive rank: 1
☆ 余りに高くて手が出ない ⇨ It is too expensive and I can’t afford it
☆ 余りの凄惨さに正視できなかった ⇨ It was too atrocious that I couldn’t bear to watch
☆ 彼の主張は余りに馬鹿らしくて反論する気にもならなかった ⇨ His claim was so absurd that I didn’t even want to argue
► 接尾辞
余り [(1)あまり] [liter] meaning: approximate rank: 3
☆ その店は百年余りの歴史がある ⇨ The store has a history of about 100 years
☆ 会社は一億円余りの利益を上げた ⇨ The company recorded a profit of about ¥10 million
More examples:
- 余りの暑さに参ってしまった ⇨ I became ill because of the excessive heat
- 葬式の後皆で食事をしたが、しんみりして余り話はしなかった ⇨ We had a meal together after the funeral, but we were all subdued and didn’t talk much
- 酒は余り飲まないけどビールなんかは好きだ ⇨ I don’t drink much but I like something like beer
- 余り感情的になるなよ ⇨ Don’t be so upset
- 私が子供の頃は外国のことを見聞きすることは余りなかった ⇨ When I was a child I didn’t see or hear much about foreign countries
- 彼等の認識は余りにも甘い ⇨ Their understanding is way too naive
- 彼の人物評は余り芳しくない ⇨ His personal evaluation is not very good. He is not highly regarded
- その治療は余り効果的ではなかった ⇨ The treatment was not very effective
- それは余り効率的なやり方ではない ⇨ That is not a very efficient method
- 私はその方面の知識は余り無い ⇨ I don’t have much knowledge in that area, field
- あいつが余りにふざけた事を抜かすんでブッちぎれそうになった ⇨ I was this close to snapping ’cause he bullshitted like crazy
- 時間が余り無いので要点だけを話します ⇨ I only talk about important points because we don’t have much time
- 僕は子供の頃余り勉強が出来なかった ⇨ I wasn’t very good at studying when I was a kid
- 会社の新しいロゴは余りぱっとしない ⇨ The new logo of the company is not very eye-catching
- 余り打算し過ぎると結局損をすることが多い ⇨ When you’re too calculating you often end up losing more