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Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of ほとんど – see the following entry.
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| 【殆ど】
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- almost, nearly, mostly (everyone, everywhere, everything, etc.)
- few, hardly (any)
- very nearly, close to, all but
- the most of something, the majority or greater part of something
Alternative spellings殆んど, 幾ど
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| (This term, ほとんど (hotondo), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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