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surplus
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingジョウ
Kun readingあまつさえ、あま.り、あま.る

Meanings

  1. surplusRtK
    日本では米が恒常的に供給過剰である。There is a chronic oversupply of rice in Japan.tatoeba
    誰もが賛辞を耳にするのは好きであるが、過剰な賛辞は誠実さを感じさせないという逆の効果をもつ。Everyone loves to hear praise, but over-praise has the opposite effect of sounding insincere.tatoeba
  2. besides
  1. balance

Popular Usage

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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ride · wheat (禾) · cereal (禾) · silage · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1710

Compound words

自信過剰にならないよう注意しなくてはいけない。
You should beware of overconfidence.tatoeba
現在最も深刻な問題は人口過剰の問題である。
The most severe problem at present is that of over-population.tatoeba

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