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ほとんど

ほとんど

almost, hardly

Mnemonic

The tin is out, the oven is hot, and there is not enough flour left in the bag to call it anything. Hot oven, no dough: ほとんど.

Worth knowing

With a negative it is hardly any, with a positive almost all. ほとんどない and ほとんど全部 both work.

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