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Grammar detail: 〜（の）あまり

〜（の）あまり  as a result of too much ~
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あまり
means
as a result of too much ~
In this more advanced usage of あまり, the 'too much' refers back to the clause that comes before the あまり.
かのじょ
彼女
は
いか
怒
りのあまり
くち
口
も
き
利
けなかった。
She was so angry that she could not speak.
かな
悲
しみのあまり
かのじょ
彼女
の
かみ
髪
は
しろ
白
くなった。
Grief has silvered her hair.
かのじょ
彼女
はショックのあまり
くち
口
が
き
利
けなかった。
The shock robbed her of her speech.
その
けっか
結果
として、
たいせつ
大切
な
しつけ
躾
や
しゃかい
社会
どうとく
道徳
の
きょういく
教育
がおろそかにされてきた
こと
事
は
いな
否
めない。
おお
多
くの
しん
親
じしん
自身
が、
こども
子供
の
べんきょう
勉強
を
ゆうせん
優先
するあまり、
たにん
他人
への
おも
思
いやりなど
しゃかい
社会
の
いちいん
一員
としての
せきにん
責任
を
わす
忘
れがちになっているのも
じじつ
事実
である。
As a result, it is undeniable that important disciplines and moral education have been neglected. By placing excessive importance on scholastic achievement, many parents have forgotten such basic social courtesies as consideration for others.
あまり can also be written, less commonly, in kanji: 余り.
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Kanji used in this grammar

余
ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あます to leave over   あまる to be left over   
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彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
怒
ド   angry   おこる    いかる to be angry   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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利
リ    effective, interest, profit, advantage   きく to be effective   
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悲
ヒ   かなしい sad   かなしむ to be sad   
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髪
ハツ   かみ hair (of the head)   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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結
ケツ   むすぶ    ゆわえる to bind   ゆう to braid   
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果
カ    result   はたす to carry out   はて end, extremity   はてる to come to an end   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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切
セツ   サイ   きる to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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躾
しつける to train, to discipline   しつけ training   
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社
シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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会
カイ   エ   あう to meet   
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道
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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徳
トク   benevolence
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教
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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育
イク   そだつ to grow up   そだてる    はぐくむ to raise, to rear   
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事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
否
ヒ   いな no   
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多
タ   おおい many   
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親
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
身
シン   み body, person   
子
シ   ス   こ child   
供
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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勉
ベン    exertion   
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強
キョウ   ゴウ   つよい strong   つよまる to get stronger   つよめる to strengthen   しいる to compel, to force   
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優
ユウ   すぐれる to excel   やさしい kind   
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先
セン   さき ahead   
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他
タ   ほか other   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
思
シ   おもう to think   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
員
イン    employee   
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責
セキ   せめる to torture; to blame, accuse   
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任
ニン    responsibility   まかす    まかせる to entrust (to)   
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忘
ボウ   わすれる to forget   
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実
ジツ    fruit; reality   み fruit, nut   みのる to bear fruit   
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