Vocabulary

What does 余る (あまる, amaru) mean?

余る (あまる, amaru) means to be left over, to be in excess.

Quick facts
Readingあまる
Romajiamaru
Part of speechgodan verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
あまる
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonamaru

to be left over, to be in excess

  1. 1godan verb · intransitive to remain; to be left over; to be in excess

Example sentences

  • It seems I'll have a little money left over this month.

  • There was a lot of food left over, so I wrapped it up.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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