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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

余よ剰じょう

yojou

surplus

Example sentences

  1. 人員じんいんに余剰よじょうが出でる

    There will be a surplus of personnel.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そうしないと出国時しゅっこくじに余剰よじょうの貨幣かへいを再両替さいりょうがえすることができないこともある。

    In failing to do so, they may not be able to change surplus money back into their own currencies when they leave the countries.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. そのため、食用しょくようとされた鯨肉くじらにくはごく一部いちぶであり、余剰よじょう鯨肉くじらにくが生しょうじていた。

    Therefore, only a small portion of the whale meat was eaten, generating surplus whale meat.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 余剰

  • 余surplus; remainderOnヨKunあまる・あまり・あます
  • 剰surplus; besidesOnジョウKunあまつさえ・あまり・あまる

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