余る (あまる, amaru) Japanese meaning: be left over | KotomoraCommon word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000余る · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 余る | 余らない |
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| Polite | 余ります | 余りません |
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| Past polite | 余りました | 余りませんでした |
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| Past | 余った | 余らなかった |
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| Te-form | 余って | 余らないで |
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| Desire | 余りたい | 余りたくない |
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| Potential | 余れる | 余れない |
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| Passive | 余られる | 余られない |
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| Causative | 余らせる | 余らせない |
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| Causative passive | 余らせられるalso 余らされる | 余らせられないalso 余らされない |
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| Volitional | 余ろう | |
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| Polite volitional | 余りましょう | |
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| Imperative | 余れ | 余るな |
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| Conditional | 余れば | 余らなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 余ったら | 余らなかったら |
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金
し
ます
。
If there is money left over, I'll save it.
This job has more hands than needed.
We had more time left than expected.
Usage patterns
〈物〉が余るfor something to be left over
A lot of food was left over from the party.
〈数〉に余るto number more than a certain amount
The number of participants exceeded a hundred.
時間が余るto have time to spare
I finished early, so I had extra time.
力が余るto have excess energy (with nothing to spend it on)
The child has so much energy that he's running around everywhere.
Expressions· 11
手に余るbe beyond one's ability; be too much to handle; be unmanageable のあまりso ... that; to the point of; overwhelmed by 勢い余るhave excess momentum; overshoot due to force/speed · get carried away; go overboard; overdo 目に余るintolerable; unpardonable; beyond the pale · too many to take in at a glance; overwhelming in number 身に余るundeserved; more than one deserves · more than one can handle; too much to bear
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人目に余るbe too conspicuous; stand out too much; be an eyesore 冥加に余るbe too good for; be more than one deserves; be excessively blessed 十指に余るto be too many to count on one's fingers; to be numerous
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hypermeter; excess syllables
leftovers; remains; surplus
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interloper; third wheel; hanger-on
too much; excessively; too
be at a loss what to do; not know how to act
