あまる

[余る] ①［残る］

〔越える， 越す〕

be left (over)

∥ A lot of cakes were left over. 菓子がたくさん余った.

¶→余った

②［以上］

〔手に余る， 身に余る， 分に過ぎる〕

¶→目に余る

¶→手に余る

余る
to remain
to be left over
to be in excess
to be too many

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あまる【余る】

①［残る］

〔越える， 越す〕

be left (over)

A lot of cakes were left over. 菓子がたくさん余った.

¶ → 余った

②［以上］

〔手に余る， 身に余る， 分に過ぎる〕

¶ → 目に余る

¶ → 手に余る

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あまる【余る】

1 〔残る〕 remain; be left (over); 〔多すぎる〕 be too many [much]; be in excess [surplus]; be more than enough; be superabundant; be superfluous; 〔ある基準を超える〕 exceed.

●使って余った金 (the) money left over [remaining]; (the) unused [unspent] money

・余った仕事を翌日やる do the remainder of the work [the remaining work, the leftover work] the next day

・人が余っている会社 an overstaffed firm

・人が余っている職業 an overcrowded occupation

・10 年に余る放浪の旅 a wandering journey of over ten years.

●いくつ余っていますか. How many are left over?

・1 つ余っています. There is one left over.

・倉庫に米が余るほどある. There is more than enough rice in the warehouse.

・皿にブドウがたくさん余っている. There are lots of grapes left in the dish.

・若い労働力が余っている. There is an overabundance [a surplus] of young labor.

・5 を 2 で割れば 1余る. If 5 is divided by 2, there is a remainder of 1.

・旅費が 3 万円余った. Thirty thousand yen is left of the traveling expenses.

・ゴミ問題に悩む都市は十指に余る. More than a dozen [handful of] cities are worried about the waste disposal problem.

・彼は力余ってドアをたたきこわした. He knocked on the door with such force that he broke it.

・私は勢い余って恩ある人まで批判してしまった. Driven on by my own momentum, I ended up criticizing even somebody I was indebted to.

2 〔(力･能力)以上〕 be beyond 《one, one's power》; exceed 《one's power》.

●力に余る仕事 work beyond [that surpasses] one's power [capacity, ability, skill]

・この仕事は私の力に余ることがわかった. I realized that I was unequal to the task.

・身に余る光栄です. The honor is more than I deserve. | It is an honor I do not deserve.

・常人の手に余る難問に挑む tackle a problem that is too difficult for most people.

●近ごろの子供たちのいたずらは目に余る. The children's mischief is too much for me [more than I can bear].

・彼は思い余って裁判所に訴えた. Unable to stand (it) any longer, he filed a lawsuit. [⇒おもいあまる]