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Grammar detail: あまり + negative adjective / verb

あまり + negative adjective / verb  not much
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あまり
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negative adjective
negative verb
means
not much
For example:
ゆう
あまり
あつ
くなかった

It wasn't very hot last night.
この
へや
部屋
あまり
にっこう
日光
たらない

This room gets little sunshine.
きけん
危険
であるとともに
たか
からあまりやってほしくない
Along with being dangerous, it's expensive, so I don't really want you to do it.
あまり can also be written, less commonly, in kanji: 余り.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あま to leave over   あま to be left over   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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ショ   あつ hot (weather)   
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ブ   part
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オク   や roof   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
コウ   ひかり light, sunshine   ひか to shine, twinkle   
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トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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キ   あぶない dangerous   あやぶむ to be apprehensive of   あやうく barely, narrowly; almost   
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ケン   けわしい steep   
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コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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