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N2 — outside your level filter

ほとんど〜ない

ほとんど〜ないhotondo naiN2neutral

hardly any + savor + not

hotondo ajiwawanai

hardly any; almost none — so little that it rounds down to nothing

meaning: hardly savor

Related

  • 味あじわう
  • ほとんど〜ない
  • ほとんど味あじわわない

最近さいきん忙いそがしくて、テレビをほとんど味あじわわない。

saikin isogashikute, terebi o hotondo ajiwawanai.

I've been so busy lately that I hardly savor TV. neutral

昨日きのうの飲のみ会かいのこと、ほとんど覚おぼえてないんだよね。

kinou no nomikai no koto, hotondo oboetenai n da yo ne.

I hardly remember anything about last night's drinks. casual

All examples4

hardly at all; almost none — the amount that remains is negligible

  1. 最近さいきん忙いそがしくて、テレビをほとんど見みない。

    saikin isogashikute, terebi o hotondo minai.

    I've been so busy lately that I hardly watch TV. neutral

  2. 昨日きのうの飲のみ会かいのこと、ほとんど覚おぼえてないんだよね。

    kinou no nomikai no koto, hotondo oboetenai n da yo ne.

    I hardly remember anything about last night's drinks. casual

  3. 今年ことしの冬ふゆはほとんど寒さむくなかった。

    kotoshi no fuyu wa hotondo samukunakatta.

    This winter was hardly cold at all. neutral

  4. 本件ほんけんについて、これまで苦情くじょうはほとんど寄よせられておりません。

    honken ni tsuite, kore made kujou wa hotondo yoserarete orimasen.

    We have received hardly any complaints about this matter to date. formal

How it's formed2

All forms1

  • ほとんどないhotondonaialternant

    with ある it says something about the amount itself — 時間じかんがほとんどない, 残のこりはほとんどない.

Notes

Without a negative ほとんど means "almost" and points the other way —
ほとんど終おわった says the work is nearly done.