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► 副詞
あんま  [あんま]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  not much  rank: 4
☆ これあんま美味くない ⇨ This is not very tasty

► 名詞
按摩  [あんま]    meaning:  massage  rank: 4
☆ 按摩指圧 ⇨ Anma-Shiatsu massage  (☛ The term itself refers to Japanese traditional massage technique. However since massage therapist was a job for blind people in the past, many used the term to refer to the blind, and currently many consider it a slur )


More examples:
  • 子供があんまりにもがるもんだから自由にさせた ⇨ My kid hated it so much I let him be
  • 赤ちゃんがあんまりくものだから病院れて行った ⇨ I took my baby to a hospital because he was crying nonstop
  • あんまりぎないほうがいいよ ⇨ You’d better not think too much
  • あんまりくに行っちゃ駄目よ ⇨ It is not OK if you go too far. Don’t go too far
  • 映画はあんまり面白くなかった ⇨ The movie was not very interesting
  • あんまりかすと失敗するぞ ⇨ Don’t make him hurry too much, or he’ll screw it up
  • あんまりげられるのも気持い ⇨ I feel uneasy when I get praised so much