No. 423 in Japanese
ほとんど
Almost; nearly; mostly.
In a sentence
ほとんどの学生が試験に合格しました。
Most of the students passed the exam.
Here, 'ほとんど' is used as a noun modifying particle-phrase to express 'most of'.
昨日はほとんど雨が降りませんでした。
There was almost no rain yesterday.
In this sentence, 'ほとんど' quantifies the noun '雨', expressing 'almost none'.
この部屋にはほとんど毎日います。
I am in this room almost every day.
Here, 'ほとんど' modifies '毎日', meaning 'almost' in terms of frequency.
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