noun:

• small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar ➜ 古女【ごまめ】
• tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field

noun:

• dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)

ichidan verb:

• to be almost finished

expression:

• almost never; few and far between; little or nothing; hardly any; hardly anything at all; very little

expression:

• almost everyone

adjectival noun / noun:

• grazing; skimming; almost touching; passing within inches; being within a whisker; shaving close
• barely; just; narrowly; by a slim margin

adjectival noun:

• at the point of death; almost dead; about to die
• at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)

expression / adverb:

• at very frequent intervals; almost every other day; constantly

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

adverb:

• surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent) - onomatopoeia
• sternly; severely - esp. キッと - onomatopoeia
• having no slack; rigid; stiff; tight - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; abruptly; instantly - onomatopoeia - archaism

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• in general; almost all
• mainly; mostly; most likely
• moderately; suitably

expression / adverb:

• with little space remaining; being almost full - used as 〜も狭に - archaism

adverb:

• extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing - onomatopoeia
• heartrending; touching the heart

noun:

• narrowness; being cramped; being almost full - usu. as 〜も狭に ➜ 狭に

adverb:

• in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all

noun:

• dark indigo (almost black)

suffix / particle:

• approximately; about; around; or so - also written as 位
• to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least
• as ... as ...; like

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to disappear into; to be lost in; to slip into; to get mixed in among
• to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.)
• to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar
• to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.); to forget about
• to be distracted by; to be too absorbed in

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally
• probably

~の noun / noun:

• most; almost all
• ordinary - before a neg. form

adjectival noun:

• proper; appropriate; moderate - usu. as 〜にする

adjective:

• near; close; short (distance)
• close (in time); soon
• close (relationship); friendly; intimate
• closely related
• similar; likeworthy; almost the same