ほぼ

hobo

almost
roughly
approximately

adverb

Chinese meanings

大致；几乎

Examples

準備はほぼ終わりました。
The preparations are nearly finished.
准备工作几乎完成了。
参加者はほぼ百人でした。
There were approximately one hundred participants.
参加者大约有一百人。

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('fa769c0e9b'); // ほぼ

{
  "id": "fa769c0e9b",
  "word": "ほぼ",
  "reading": "ほぼ",
  "romaji": "hobo",
  "meanings": [
    "almost",
    "roughly",
    "approximately"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1551940,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "準備はほぼ終わりました。",
      "en": "The preparations are nearly finished."
    },
    {
      "ja": "参加者はほぼ百人でした。",
      "en": "There were approximately one hundred participants."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "fb79eae8dea1360b018be0aa7a63484a2e531a33022973ea17ff9a7770ee152c",
    "meanings": [
      "大致",
      "几乎"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "準備はほぼ終わりました。",
        "zh": "准备工作几乎完成了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "参加者はほぼ百人でした。",
        "zh": "参加者大约有一百人。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/fa769c0e9b",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1551940; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "832b9df8d8ec8f0b1cfe4b40b0627b83f351f54458134765da7d04b5f3e2d746"
  }
}