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それぞれ Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N3 Freq. Frequency Top 1,000 Meanings 1
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.
They each chose a different path.
Written forms それぞれ Usage 100%
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.
Similar words 各かく 各 is a prefix meaning 'each' or 'every', used in compounds like 各国 (each country). それぞれ is more versatile and can stand alone as an adverb or noun.
各おの 々おの 各々 is a more formal or literary synonym for 'each', often used in written language. それぞれ is more common in everyday speech.
Etymology Reduplication of 其れ (sore, 'that'), literally 'that that', with the sense of 'each one separately'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the reduplicative pattern is common in Japanese for distributive meanings.
