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JLPT N4 · Adverbs of degree

ほとんど

almost; hardly

Stroke order of ほとんど

4 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

ほ · 4 strokesと · 2 strokesん · 1 strokesど · 4 strokes

Memory trick

HOTONDO — 'hot on dough': hot on the dough, almost all gone; hardly any with negatives.

Parts: adverb; with negatives = hardly, with positives = almost all

The characters in ほとんど

  • ほ ほ — ho (4 strokes)
  • と と — to (2 strokes)
  • ん ん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)
  • ど ど — do (4 strokes)

Example sentence

お金がほとんどありません。

おかねがほとんどありません。

I have hardly any money.

More words: Adverbs of degree

ずいぶんquite; considerablyなかなかquite; not easilyだいぶgreatly; a lotかなりfairly; considerablyすっかりcompletelyさらにfurthermore; even moreちっともnot at allほぼalmost; nearlyそれほどnot that muchできるだけas much as possible

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