あまり

あまり
not very

Reading

Readingあまり
N5 VocabJLPT N5

Meanings

  1. not very
  1. remainder
  2. remnant
  3. rest
  4. balance
  5. surplus

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

あまりに空いてると逆に入りづらい
あまりにあいてるとぎゃくにはいりづらいWhen it's too empty, it's actually hard to go in.
あまりの光景に足がすくむ
あまりのこうけいにあしがすくむMy legs freeze at such a sight.
ちょっとのどが痛い、あまりしゃべらない方がいいな
ちょっとのどがいたい、あまりしゃべらないほうがいいなMy throat hurts a bit; I shouldn't talk much.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0