余あまる

あ

ま

る

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

余る · godan verb (-ru)

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be left over; remain; be in excess; be too many

Intransitive verb describing a surplus after some use, distribution, or limit. Often used with amounts, people, time, or capacity.

〈物もの〉が余あまるfor something to be left over
パーティーで料りょう理りがたくさん余あまった。
A lot of food was left over from the party.
〈数かず〉に余あまるto number more than a certain amount
参さん加か者しゃは百ひゃく人にんに余あまった。
The number of participants exceeded a hundred.
時じ間かんが余あまるto have time to spare
早はやく終おわったので時じ間かんが余あまった。
I finished early, so I had extra time.
力ちからが余あまるto have excess energy (with nothing to spend it on)
子こ供どもは力ちからが余あまって走はしり回まわっている。
The child has so much energy that he's running around everywhere.

手てに余あまるbe beyond one's ability; be too much to handle; be unmanageable
のあまりso ... that; to the point of; overwhelmed by
勢いきおい余あまるhave excess momentum; overshoot due to force/speed · get carried away; go overboard; overdo
目めに余あまるintolerable; unpardonable; beyond the pale · too many to take in at a glance; overwhelming in number
身みに余あまるundeserved; more than one deserves · more than one can handle; too much to bear

Show 3 more

余あますN1
余る is the intransitive partner meaning something remains on its own, while 余す is transitive, meaning someone deliberately leaves something over.

残のこるN4
残る is the general verb for something remaining, while 余る specifically implies there is more than needed or usable, i.e. a surplus.
超ちょう過かN2
超過する is a formal word for exceeding a set limit or amount, while 余る is the everyday verb for something being left over or in excess.

足たりるN5
足りる means an amount is sufficient, the opposite of 余る, which means there is more than enough.
不ふ足そくN3
不足する means to be lacking or insufficient, the opposite of 余る, which means to be left over in excess.
出で切きるN1
余る means something is left over in excess, the opposite of 出切る, which means a supply has been completely used up with nothing remaining.

余あまりN5
remainder; leftovers; surplus · (not) very; (not) much · too much; excessively · extreme; severe; tremendous · not very good; mediocre; so-so · more than; over
あまりにN2
too (much); overly; excessively
有あり余あまる
be superfluous; be in excess; be more than enough
字じ余あまり
hypermeter; excess syllables
余あまり物もの
leftovers; remains; surplus

Show 3 more

Derived from 余 (surplus) + verbal suffix る, with the core meaning of exceeding a limit or being left over.