殆ど

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殆
ほとん Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
殆んど 幾ど

Etymology

Alteration from older form 殆 (hotohoto).^[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほとんど [hòtóꜜǹdò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞tõ̞ndo̞]

Adverb

殆(ほとん)ど • (hotondo) 

1. almost, nearly, mostly (everyone, everywhere, everything, etc.)

   彼(かれ)はほとんど毎日(まいにち)ここへ来(く)る。

   Kare wa hotondo mainichi koko e kuru.

   He comes here almost every day.

2. few, hardly (any)
3. very nearly, close to, all but

Noun

殆(ほとん)ど • (hotondo) 

1. the most of something, the majority or greater part of something

   部長(ぶちょう)、あのリンゴですが、その殆(ほとん)どがもう腐(くさ)っていたので捨(す)てました。

   Buchō, ano ringo desu ga, sono hotondo ga mō kusatte ita no de sutemashita.

   Boss, about those apples, most of them were already rotten, so we threw them out.

References

1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.