ほとんど (hotondo) means “almost” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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私はほとんど毎日学校へ行きます。watashi wa ho to n do mai nichi gak kō e i ki ma su

I go to school almost every day.

この店では現金を使う人はほとんどいません。ko no mise de wa gen kin o tsuka u hito wa ho to n do i ma se n

Almost no one uses cash at this store.

ほとんど (hotondo) shows that nearly all of something is present or that an event has come very close to being finished.

ほぼhobo: Expresses that a number, amount, or condition is nearly reached.

全体のほぼすべてに及ぶさま。また、物事が終わりや完全な状態に近いさま。zen tai no ho bo su be te ni oyo bu sa ma ma ta mono goto ga o wa ri ya kan zen na jō tai ni chika i sa ma

ほとんど (hotondo) is a native Japanese word traditionally explained as a combination of ほとほと (hotohoto, "completely") and the particle ど (do).

English almost and mostly correspond to different uses of ほとんど (hotondo), but both express that the greater part of a whole is involved.