EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    remainder; remnant; rest; balance; surplus; remains (of a meal); leftovers

    Usually written using kana alone

    ぎょうざの具のあまりは?餃子を家で作りましたが、皮が少なかったせいか、具が少し余ってしまいました。
    Gyoza stuffing? I made some gyoza at home but, possibly because I didn't have enough dough, I had some of the filling left over.
  2. Adverb (fukushi)

    (not) very; (not) much

    Usually written using kana alonewith neg. sentence

  3. too much; excessively; overly

    Usually written using kana aloneesp. as あまりに(も)see あまりにsee の余りsee のあまり

  4. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    extreme; great; severe; tremendous; terrible

  5. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

    not very good; so-so; mediocre

    Colloquialsometimes as あまり…

  6. Noun, used as a suffix

    more than; over

Also written 餘り【あまり】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder

Kun
あま.るあま.りあま.すあんま.り
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
680 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

あまる

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-2-5SKIP code
2a5.24The Kanji Dictionary
8090.4Four corner code
2841deroo
4f59Unicode hex code
1-45-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
408Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
168New Nelson (John Haig)
2042New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2535Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1289Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1757Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1657Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1786Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
735A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
448Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
483Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
515Morohashi
800A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1063Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1109Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
728sakade
313Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
820henshall3
675Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
468crowley
959Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
50Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1673Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu2, tu2Pinyin reading
yeoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level