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あまり is an exact match with one form of the following word:
あまり
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'na' adjective, adverb, 'no' adjective, noun, noun (suffix)
1. remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant  (often written with kana only)
2. not very (with negative sentence); not much  (often written with kana only)
3. surplus; excess; fullness; too much  (see also: の余り:のあまり; often written with kana only)
noun (suffix)
4. more than; over
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 214,473 which gives a rank of 20
あまり is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 257,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N5
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 452 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 1580
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 15 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
あまり
かね
つか
使
いすぎてはいけません

Don't spend too much money.
わたし
あまり
せけん
世間
りません

I have not been around much.
あまり
しんぶん
新聞
んでいない

I don't read newspapers much.
余り
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Readings : あまり    あんまり   
余り can be read in 2 ways: あまり (60%), あんまり (40%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 30,000 (about 20,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N3
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3353 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7214
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 15 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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あんまり
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 12,000 (about 59,800,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N3
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1801 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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餘り
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Readings : あまり    あんまり   
餘り can be read in 2 ways: あんまり (50%), あまり (50%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 205,000 (about 221,000 results)
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ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あま to leave over   あま to be left over   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウ    from   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
hook
katakana 'ha'; eight
ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あま to leave over   あま to be left over   
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