殆ど
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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殆 |
ほとん Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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殆んど 幾ど |
Etymology[edit]
Alteration from older form 殆 (hotohoto).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- almost, nearly, mostly (everyone, everywhere, everything, etc.)
- few, hardly (any)
- very nearly, close to, all but
Noun[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.