ほとんど

hotondo

mostly

adverb

Also written 殆ど

Chinese meanings

几乎；大部分

Examples

Furigana

ケイトは中ちゅう国ごく語ごをほとんど話はなせない。
Kate can hardly speak Chinese.
凯特几乎不会说汉语。
Tatoeba #225344
用よう意いがほとんど出で来きていなかった。
I was hardly prepared.
几乎没有准备好。
Tatoeba #78867

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('7e5b1397b9'); // ほとんど

{
  "id": "7e5b1397b9",
  "word": "ほとんど",
  "reading": "ほとんど",
  "romaji": "hotondo",
  "meanings": [
    "mostly"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1522050,
  "other_forms": [
    "殆ど"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "ケイトは中国語をほとんど話せない。",
      "furigana": "ケイトは{中国語|ちゅうごくご}をほとんど{話|はな}せない。",
      "en": "Kate can hardly speak Chinese.",
      "tatoeba_id": 225344
    },
    {
      "ja": "用意がほとんど出来ていなかった。",
      "furigana": "{用意|ようい}がほとんど{出来|でき}ていなかった。",
      "en": "I was hardly prepared.",
      "tatoeba_id": 78867
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "71dbe119e29b4a623fd521390710a2887d43e4e25732c5771603cb1a6fc54a19",
    "meanings": [
      "几乎",
      "大部分"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "ケイトは中国語をほとんど話せない。",
        "zh": "凯特几乎不会说汉语。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "用意がほとんど出来ていなかった。",
        "zh": "几乎没有准备好。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/7e5b1397b9",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "3c48c49923eaad7e382b0b70a174974d732bcbf0054cdca39c17250626ce24cc"
  }
}