How to say 'Not much' in Japanese | あんまり

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The Japanese word for Not much is 'Anmari', written as あんまり in Japanese.

word

あんまり

Meaning

Not much

Reading

Anmari

Explanation

The Japanese adverb 'あんまり (anmari)' is a colloquial form of 'あまり' and is used to express 'not much' or 'not very.' It is often used in negative sentences to indicate that something does not happen to a great extent or degree. For example: I don't like sweets much 「あんまり甘いものが好きじゃない」 (あんまりあまいものがすきじゃない). It's not very cold today 「今日はあんまり寒くない」 (きょうはあんまりさむくない). Note that 'あんまり' is less formal than 'あまり' and is commonly used in casual conversation.

Part Of Speech

adverb

Frequency

3263

Composition

hiragana

Handwriting

Hiragana in the Word あんまり

This word contains 4 Hiragana characters :

hiragana

あ

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hiragana

ん

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hiragana

ま

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hiragana

り

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'Anmari' means 'Not much' .

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