► 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:
- コンピューターの社会への定着には余り時間は掛からなかった ⇨ It didn’t take very long for computers to become the norm in the society
- これだけあれば十分どころか、余りが出るかもよ ⇨ Not only this is enough, we might end up with leftovers
- 彼等は余りの忙しさに目を回している ⇨ They don’t know what to do because they are so busy
- 余りの湿気に動かなくても汗がじわりと出てくる ⇨ Because of the humidity I am sweating slowly even though I am not moving
- 余りに寒くて指の感覚が無くなった ⇨ It is so cold I lost sensation on my fingers
- この技術には実用性が余り無い ⇨ This technology doesn’t have much practicality
- 彼の功績はどんなに称賛しても余り有る ⇨ His contributions cannot be praised too much
- 彼等は完成を急ぐ余り手抜きをした ⇨ They were in such a hurry to complete the work, they cut corners
- 彼は緊張の余りどもってしまった ⇨ He stuttered out of extreme nervousness
- 彼女は悲しみの余り発狂した ⇨ She has gone insane from the extreme sorrow
- 彼等の認識は余りにも甘い ⇨ Their understanding is way too naive
- それは余り経済的な資源の使い方ではない ⇨ That is not a very economical way of using the resources
- この地方は夏に雨が余り降らないので山火事が起こりやすい ⇨ Wildfires are common in this area because it doesn’t rain much in the summer
- 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
- 子供に余りガミガミ言うと逆効果になる ⇨ If you nag your children too much it will have an opposite effect, be counter-productive