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あんまり

not very, not much (with a negative); too much, excessively

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Examples

  1. この料理はあんまり好きじゃない。

    このりょうりはあんまりすきじゃない。

    I don't much like this dish.

  2. 昨日はあんまり寝ていません。

    きのうはあんまりねていません。

    I didn't get much sleep yesterday.

  3. あんまり急ぐと危ないよ。

    あんまりいそぐとあぶないよ。

    If you rush too much it's dangerous.

Common patterns

あんまり～ない
not very ~
あんまり好きじゃない
don't like it much
あんまりにも
far too, excessively

Memory tip

The casual spoken variant of あまり — keep あまり for writing and formal speech. With a negative it softens to "not very"; on its own, あんまりだ is a protest meaning "that's too much, that's unfair".

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