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ほとんど
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost
Alt. forms
ほとんど
88%
殆ほとんど
10%
殆ほとんど
1%
幾ほとんど
Pitch accent
ほ
と
んど
Top 400
Used in: 5239
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
almost everyone
almost everyone
Examples (200 in total)
I can hardly walk.
There is little water left.
He seldom, if ever, comes.
You hardly ever work, do you?
We have almost finished our work.
There was scarcely any money left.
There's very little paper left.
Recovery was almost impossible.
The meeting was almost over.
The sun was almost gone.
I hardly ever watch TV.
There was almost nothing in the room.
I can hardly swim.
I'm rarely invited to parties.
Almost all the doors were closed.
There's hardly any wine left.
Almost everybody was invited.
Almost everything has been improved.
I have little appetite.
The parking lot was almost empty.
The negotiations made little progress.
They are mostly polite.
It was nearly noon.
I scarcely believed my eyes.
They could hardly see.
It's almost over.
There were hardly any people in the room.
I almost never met her.
He has few friends.
Our work is almost over.
There's hardly any wind today.
I can hardly work now.
There were few students left in the classroom.
That child has few friends.
Few people live on the island.
I can hardly hear you.
They gave us very little trouble.
Their sizes are much the same.
It is of little value.
The painting is all but finished.
Almost every student failed the exam.
There were few people in the park.
She has very few close friends.
Dinner is almost ready.
I almost forgot that it was his birthday.
Almost all the leaves have fallen.
It is next to impossible to carry it out.
The sky is clear almost every day.
Almost all girls are kind.
His advice counted for little.
I guess most of them went home.
Most of the soldiers were wearing green.
There is little food in the refrigerator.
It was an argument of little substance.
Most elevators operate automatically.
The supermarket shelves were almost empty.
The box is almost empty.
There was little water in the well.
There were few people on the beach.
The wounded soldier could hardly walk.
He has made little progress in his English.
I take a bath almost every day.
I take a nap almost every day.
They wear very little clothing.
We're about the same age.
There's hardly any water in the bucket.
Your pronunciation is more or less correct.
This dictionary is of little use.
The cliff is almost vertical.
There is little water left in the canteen.
He hardly studies chemistry.
There's hardly any coffee left in the pot.
There are hardly any books in this room.
This fact is all but unknown to them.
He is almost always at home.
I know little or nothing about it.
Most of us love our country.
It matters little whether he comes or not.
I have a car, but I almost never use it.
He comes here almost every day.
He has little confidence in himself.
He and I are almost the same height.
This fact is of little consequence.
But people have little hope.
The box was almost full.
This dog eats almost anything.
I have little interest in history.
It's almost impossible to work out this problem.
It almost never rains here.
We have had little snow this winter.
Most accidents happen near home.
The fog was so dense, we could hardly see anything.
I slept little last night.
There is very little paper left, so order some more.
There is little water in the pond.
Most Japanese take a bath every day.
They scarcely need it at all.
There is almost no water in this bottle.
It's next to impossible to finish it in a day.
In practice, there is little difference between the two.
He is little, if at all, inferior to you.
The surface of a planet is composed mostly of water.
Most Germans can speak English.
I can hardly see without my glasses.
I hardly ever go out with my parents these days.
Few people attended the meeting.
Most of the other students wore trendy clothes.
There is little furniture in my room.
There are few mistakes in your report.
Almost no one believed him.
I think that most young people like rock music.
Our best efforts weren't of much help.
I was in London most of the summer.
Your answer almost amounts to a threat.
He has little money with him.
There is little hope of his recovery.
Joe spends the majority of his time in sports.
Our suggestions were, in effect, almost the same.
They paid little attention to my words.
I get up at six almost every day.
Most writers are sensitive to criticism.
There are few apples in the basket.
Almost all the leaves fell off the tree.
I can hardly understand what he says.
Almost no one believed her.
Seeing that we have little time, we have to hurry.
What do you spend most of your time doing?
He was so tired that he could hardly walk.
Almost all the students believed the rumor.
We know very little about the cause of this disease.
He knows little about that animal.
Most of the children couldn't read or write.
These types of books have almost no value.
Few people know how to do it.
It was so dark that they could hardly see.
I felt so sleepy that I could hardly keep my eyes open.
I can hardly understand what she says.
Little is known of this curious plant.
He is a lonely man with few friends.
There is almost no violence in that city.
Few people came to the lecture.
Few people understood his comment.
Almost all Japanese boys like to play baseball.
He showed little interest in books or music.
He has very little interest in his children.
Few people know the true meaning.
She's almost the same height as you.
There's very little we can do now.
Few people visit me these days.
We lost almost all our away games.
Few students use pencils these days.
Few politicians admit their mistakes.
These few months, this girl has almost never left her room.
I'm now about as tall as my father.
That Italian author is little known in Japan.
The concert was all but over when I arrived.
This year there were few rainy days in August.
Few passengers got injured in the accident.
He has a lot of money, but has almost no friends.
School is where we spend most of our time every day.
By the time she gets there, it will be nearly dark.
He does little else than read books.
We're all but ready for the cold winter.
I may have seen that film before, but I can hardly remember it.
I don't see any point in going if the party is almost over.
The room was so full of smoke that I could hardly breathe.
They devised a scheme to make money with little effort.
It is next to impossible for me to go with you.
The young man knows little of his own country.
There is little doubt as to whether he will succeed or not.
Those two boys have about the same ability in English.
Whether the news is true or false makes little difference.
You can't buy this kind of cheese at most supermarkets.
I had little time to prepare the speech.
Few people will admit their faults.
As a matter of fact, he knows very little of the matter.
Generally speaking, there is little rain here in June.
There was very little in the way of entertainment.
Finishing the report by tomorrow is next to impossible.
After the disaster, there was scarcely any water left on the island.
We can hardly imagine our daily life without television.
Most people know almost nothing about us.
There were hardly any teachers at the school that students could talk to.
He traveled a great deal, as did most of his friends.
The dog was so clever that he seemed almost human.
Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
Nowadays, almost every home has one or two televisions.
For writing papers, most college students mainly use computers.
Almost all of the passengers on the bus were asleep when the accident happened.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
In fact, he hardly ever complains about his college life.
Few students are interested in reading this novel.
Because her parents got divorced, the girl had little contact with her father.
I'm almost 180 centimeters tall.
The war lasted nearly ten years.
Few people have two cars.
These kinds of jewelry are of little value.
In most Western countries, young people come of age at 18 or 21.
Most Japanese eat rice at least once a day.
In the beginning, man was almost the same as the other animals.