I Love Kanjiほとんど (hotondo)
ほとんど is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “almost; nearly”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ほとんど
- Romaji
- hotondo
- Word class
- Noun / adverb
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually · adverb · usually written in kana
- hardly; barely; scarcely; little · adverb · usually written in kana · with neg. verb
- large majority; large proportion; greater part; most (of); almost all (of) · noun, noun taking の · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Source: JMdict entry 1522050 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.