殆ど (Hotondo) is a Japanese adverb meaning “almost, nearly, mostly, practically”.
Meanings
- adverbalmost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically
- adverbhardly; barely; scarcely; littlewith neg. verb
- noun, adjectival nounlarge majority; large proportion; greater part; most (of); almost all (of)
Examples
列車はほとんど１時間遅れていた。
The train was almost an hour behind time.
用意がほとんど出来ていなかった。
I was hardly prepared.
部屋にはほとんど誰もいなかった。
There was hardly anyone in the room.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).