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too much

On-Yomi: ヨ — Kun-Yomi: あま.る、あま.り、あま.す、あんま.り

Koohii stories:

1) [RoboTact] 11-7-2007(183): You hang an umbrella upside-down on a hook of the scales and fill it with little potatoes. No luck: it weights too much.

2) [DrJones] 7-3-2008(147): This is the kanji for 「あまり Amari」, which means too little in negative sentences and too much in the rest (always with a negative sense). I take the liberty of using the symbol ">" (more than, another meaning!!) as the umbrella component, and using two (#2 二) and little (#105 小) for the potato primitive. So, this kanji either means "two much" (more than 2) or "two little". (thanks, Virtua_leaf and Thunderball!).

3) [BigAmish] 2-7-2008(50): I was worried that my POTATOES were getting TOO MUCH direct sunlight so I stood over them with an UMBRELLA. Now they are getting too LITTLE rain! I clearly have TOO MUCH free time on my hands.

4) [rowdyphantom] 17-11-2009(25): Umbrellas for little potatoes??? That's too much!

5) [Talka] 12-9-2007(11): You're weighing potatoes to take from the market but they weigh too much. It's windy, so you hook your umbrella onto the scale hoping to subtract weight by catching the wind's force. Still too much weight. Just give up and select some smaller potatoes, man. Won't be too much weight then.

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