No. 1,142 in Japanese
余り
"余り" (amari): remainder; surplus; excess.
In a sentence
このケーキは大きいので、食べ切れず余りを冷蔵庫に入れました。
This cake is large, so I couldn't finish it and put the leftovers in the fridge.
The word '余り' is used here to mean 'leftovers' or 'remainder', signifying what is left after using or consuming.
五を三で割ると余りは二になります。
Five divided by three leaves a remainder of two.
In this sentence, '余り' refers to the mathematical concept of 'remainder' left after division.
考えにも余りがある、それ以上考熱するのは無益です。
There is a limit to thoughtfulness; overthinking beyond this is pointless.
Here, '余り' is employed metaphorically to reference 'an excess' or 'being beyond a limit' in a conceptual context.
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