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N4 Leçon 5: 3/20

殆(ほとん)どAlmost all, Most, Hardly any, Few (Adverbial noun)

Generally written in kana, though 殆ど form can also be seen

Structure

ほとんど + Phrase
ほとんど + (Negative) Phrase

Détails

  • Niveau de langue

    Standard

À propos de ほとんど

The adverb ほとんど is used in many situations in Japanese, and often translates as 'most', 'hardly any', 'almost all', and similar expressions. The nuance will always depend on the rest of the sentence. The most accurate translation for the word ほとんど itself is simply 'almost', where the thing that it is describing is always considered to be a full group, rather than a single thing.

As with many other adverbs that highlight an 'amount' in Japanese, ほとんど can modify a whole phrase, or can be used before の, to further specify a single noun.

In negative sentences, ほとんど translates as 'hardly any'. This is mainly due to the 'full group' that ほとんど is describing being highlighted as almost 'not' existing.

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Exemples

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    みんなは、ほとんど帰(かえ)りました。

    Almost everyone has gone home.

    ハンドバッグがほとんど売(う)り切(き)れでした。

    The handbags were almost all sold out.

    今日(きょう)は宿題(しゅくだい)がほとんどない。

    There is hardly any homework today. (almost/mostly none)

    この湖(みずうみ)はほとんど浅(あさ)いと思(おも)う。

    This lake is mostly shallow, I think.

    えっ！この魚(さかな)ほとんど匂(にお)いがない。

    Huh?! This fish hardly has any smell. (almost/mostly none)

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      ほとんど – Discussion Grammaire

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      • s1212z

        s1212z

        Hi deltacat3!

        This sounds correct to me. The starting point in past is in the context of course but I think there are some special meaning 行っている or action verbs with いる that was mentioned in Guide to Japanese (see motion verb section). They mention it doesn’t necessarily have a “going” type of implication but this sounds like word play to me. Also

      • Superpnut

        Superpnut

        I don’t know if this was intended or not so I am just posting here in case it isn’t.

        The review accepted あまり when the review is for ほとんど. Normally when Bunpro is looking for a particular grammar point it makes it pretty clear but it just accepted it this time. Which is odd since I don’t even know is あまり would actually work since after reviewing it it appears it has to be immediately followed by a noun/adj/verb. Anyways

        今日は宿題が --ほとんど-- ない。Is the grammar point

      • Fuga

        Fuga

        Hey! This seems like a input error on our end, and We have just fixed it! あまりない can work here and be understood, however, having a noun/adj/verb after あまり would flow better and make the sentence sound more natural.

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