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Grammar detail: 〜(の)あまり

〜(の)あまり  as a result of too much ~
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noun + の
verb plain form
+
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
いか
あまり
くち
けなかった

She was so angry that she could not speak.
かな
しみ
あまり
かのじょ
彼女
かみ
しろ
なった
Grief has silvered her hair.
かのじょ
彼女
ショックあまり
くち
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
しつけ
しゃかい
社会
どうとく
道徳
きょういく
教育
おろそかされてきた
こと
いな
めない
おお
しん
じしん
自身
こども
子供
べんきょう
勉強
ゆうせん
優先
する
あまり
たにん
他人
おも
いやり
など
しゃかい
社会
いちいん
一員
として
せきにん
責任
わす
れがち
になっている
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

ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あま to leave over   あま to be left over   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ド   angry   おこ    いか to be angry   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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リ    effective, interest, profit, advantage   き to be effective   
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ヒ   かなしい sad   かなしむ to be sad   
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ハツ   かみ hair (of the head)   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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ケツ   むす    ゆわえる to bind   ゆ to braid   
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カ    result   はたす to carry out   は end, extremity   はてる to come to an end   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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セツ   サイ   き to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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しつける to train, to discipline   しつけ training   
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シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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トク   benevolence
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キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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イク   そだ to grow up   そだてる    はぐく to raise, to rear   
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ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
ヒ   いな no   
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タ   おお many   
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シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
シン   み body, person   
シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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ベン    exertion   
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キョウ   ゴウ   つよ 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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ユウ   すぐれる to excel   やさしい kind   
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セン   さき ahead   
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タ   ほか other   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
シ   おも to think   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
イン    employee   
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セキ   せめる to torture; to blame, accuse   
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ニン    responsibility   まか    まかせる to entrust (to)   
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ボウ   わすれる to forget   
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ジツ    fruit; reality   み fruit, nut   みの to bear fruit   
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