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余り (あまり): not very; surplus — Japanese vocabulary

余り is read あまり and means "not very; surplus". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

余り

Reading
あまり · amari
Translation
not very; surplus
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
あまりがあまりが

Example

このりんごは余りおいしくないです。

このりんごはあまりおいしくないです。

This apple isn't very good.

Kanji in this word

  • 余 — surplus, remain

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