Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 殆ど(ほとんど) in Japanese

殆ど, 殆んど
JLPT 4
Kana Reading
ほとんど
Romaji
hotondo
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
    Meaning
    mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost
    Example sentence
    彼女たちから職場労働問題出てくることほとんどなかった They rarely spoke of the labour problem at their workplace.

Examples of 殆ど, 殆んど, ほとんど in a sentence



Kanji in this word

9 strokes

almost, quite, really

On'Yomi: タイ, サイ

Kun'Yomi: ほとほと, ほとん.ど, あやうい

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