余り

余り

"余り" (amari): remainder; surplus; excess.

The word '余り' is used here to mean 'leftovers' or 'remainder', signifying what is left after using or consuming.

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.

In this sentence, '余り' refers to the mathematical concept of 'remainder' left after division.

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.

Here, '余り' is employed metaphorically to reference 'an excess' or 'being beyond a limit' in a conceptual context.

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.