I Love Kanji余る (amaru)
余る (あまる, amaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to remain; to be left over”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あまる
- Romaji
- amaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 余る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 余る | あまる amaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 余ります | あまります amarimasu |
| Negative | 余らない | あまらない amaranai |
| Polite negative | 余りません | あまりません amarimasen |
| Past | 余った | あまった amatta |
| Polite past | 余りました | あまりました amarimashita |
| Negative past | 余らなかった | あまらなかった amaranakatta |
| Te-form | 余って | あまって amatte |
| Potential | 余れる | あまれる amareru |
| Passive | 余られる | あまられる amarareru |
| Causative | 余らせる | あまらせる amaraseru |
| Volitional | 余ろう | あまろう amarou |
| Imperative | 余れ | あまれ amare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 余れば | あまれば amareba |
Kanji in 余る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 余る.
余りあまりremainder余分よぶんextra余裕よゆうsurplus余計よけいextra余所よそanother place余暇よかleisure余地よちspace余程よほどvery余所見よそみlooking away余興よきょうperformance (at a party or banquet, etc.)
Source: JMdict entry 1543910 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.