余よ

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

other; another; remaining; leftover

Used as a noun or no-adjective to refer to something else, the rest, or what is left over. Common in phrases like 余の者 (the others) or 余の時間 (remaining time).

• 余よの者ものたちは先さきに行いってしまった。

  The others went on ahead.

• 余よの時じ間かんで買かい物ものを済すませた。

  I finished shopping in the remaining time.

noun, used as a suffix, noun

over; more than

Used as a suffix after numbers or quantities to mean 'more than' or 'over'. Often seen in formal or written contexts, e.g., 千余 (over a thousand).

• この町まちには千せん余よの人ひとが住すんでいる。

  Over a thousand people live in this town.

• 彼かれは三さん十じゅう余よ年ねんの経けい験けんを持もつ職しょく人にんだ。

  He is a craftsman with over thirty years of experience.

pronoun

I; me

Only when written 余

Formal or literary first-person pronoun, used mainly by men. Restricted to the kanji 余. Archaic in modern conversation; may appear in historical or dramatic contexts.

See also: 予 (よ)

• 余よはこの城しろの主あるじである。

  I am the lord of this castle.

• 余よの名なは誰だれも知しらぬ。

  No one knows my name.