それぞれ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

adverb, noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

each; respectively

usually written using kana alone

Used to indicate that multiple items or people are considered individually, often with a distributive sense. Can function as an adverb, noun, or no-adjective.

それぞれの意い見けんを聞きかせてください。
Please tell me each of your opinions.
彼かれらはそれぞれ別べつの道みちを選えらんだ。
They each chose a different path.
AとBはそれぞれ10と20です。
A and B are 10 and 20, respectively.

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Usage patterns

それぞれの〈物もの〉each (person's/thing's) own ~
それぞれの意い見けんを尊そん重ちょうするべきだ。
Each person's opinion should be respected.
〈人ひと〉はそれぞれ〈形けい容よう詞し〉each person is (adjective) in their own way
学がく生せいはそれぞれ違ちがう夢ゆめを持もっている。
Each student has a different dream of their own.
それぞれに〈動どう詞し〉each (of them) does ~ separately
参さん加か者しゃはそれぞれに感かん想そうを発はっ表ぴょうした。
Each participant gave their own impressions separately.

Kanji

其that
夫husband, man

Related words· 10

各おの々おのN2
各々 is a more formal or literary word for 'each', while それぞれ is the everyday, more versatile term used in speech and writing.
各かく自じN2
各自 stresses each individual person's own responsibility or possession, whereas それぞれ is broader and can apply to things as well as people.
各かくN3
各 is a prefix attached to nouns (各国, 各人) and cannot stand alone, while それぞれ is a free-standing adverb/noun.
口くち々ぐち
それぞれ is a broad word for 'each/respectively' used for people or things alike, while 口々 (くちぐち) is specifically about people each speaking in their own words.

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別べつ々べつN4
それぞれ means 'each' or 'respectively', focusing on individual items, while 別々 adds the nuance of being apart or not mixed together.
思おもい思おもい
それぞれ is a neutral word for 'each/respectively' without implying personal taste, while 思い思い specifically highlights that each person acts according to their own preference.
個こ々こN1
それぞれ is the everyday, colloquial way to say 'each one', while 個々 is a more formal, written-register noun emphasizing distinct individual units.
一ひとつ一ひとつ
それぞれ means 'each one respectively' without implying sequence, while 一つ一つ stresses going through items in order or examining each carefully.
めいめいN2
それぞれ is the general, everyday word for 'each' and works for both people and things, while 銘々 is more strongly tied to individual people acting on their own.
一人ひとり一人ひとりN3
それぞれ can describe things or people and often means 'respectively,' whereas 一人一人 is limited to people and emphasizes individual attention.

Opposites

一いち律りつN1
一律 means 'uniformly, all the same', the opposite of それぞれ's sense of 'each individually different'.

Written forms

それぞれUsage100%
Standard kana spelling; the word is usually written in kana.
其それ々ぞれUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form.
夫それ夫ぞれUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
其それ其ぞれ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

A reduplicated form of それ, with sequential voicing in the second element: それそれ became それぞれ. The reduplication gives the distributive sense “each.”