Is the meaning of ありあまる negative or positive?


According to the dictionary on my MacBook Pro, ありあまる means "be [have*] more
than enough". I was thinking about the song by
[ゲスの極み乙女:ロマンスがありあまる](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsFJgNQfwcg) when I first
heard the word/expression.

The question boils down to if I can use ありあまる as a positive expression

`ロマンスがありあまる I have lots of romance, and that is a good thing`

or a negative expression

`ロマンスがありあまる I am fed of with romance, and that is a bad thing`

Or maybe it is context dependent?  
The dictionary also provides me with two examples

▸ 精力が有り余っている have too much [an excess of] energy.

▸ 彼には有り余るほどの金がある He has more money than he can spend.

But I still do not know if they are meant as negative or positive.




I don't think the English expressions, "too many," "too much," and "more than
he can spend", are negative, grammatically. I believe that they are
affirmative expressions.

However, I agree that they would mean something that has a **_bad_**
connotation.In other words, a **_negative_** connotation. And I believe that
you're asking about this point. In that case, I'd say, "It depends on the
context."

A "精力がありあまっている" guy may have a lot of girlfriends and tend to have immoral
love affairs. So I think it would mean something bad, when I think of the
moral.

> 彼は精力がありあまっていて生き生きしている。実にうらやましい。

In this sentence, however, the writer apparently envies him. So they probably
think that it's a good thing for him or for them.

> 彼には有り余るほどの金がある。

In this case, I envy him, and I personally don't think it's bad thing to be
rich for him.

In short, it depends on the context and you cannot decide which grammatically.




I don't think the English expressions, "too many," "too much," and "more than
he can spend", are negative, grammatically. I believe that they are
affirmative expressions.

However, I agree that they would mean something that has a **_bad_**
connotation.In other words, a **_negative_** connotation. And I believe that
you're asking about this point. In that case, I'd say, "It depends on the
context."

A "精力がありあまっている" guy may have a lot of girlfriends and tend to have immoral
love affairs. So I think it would mean something bad, when I think of the
moral.

> 彼は精力がありあまっていて生き生きしている。実にうらやましい。

In this sentence, however, the writer apparently envies him. So they probably
think that it's a good thing for him or for them.

> 彼には有り余るほどの金がある。

In this case, I envy him, and I personally don't think it's bad thing to be
rich for him.

In short, it depends on the context and you cannot decide which grammatically.

