一人ひとり

noun

one person

Basic counting sense: a single human being. Often used with counters or in contexts specifying numbers of people.

• 会かい議ぎには一人ひとりだけ来こなかった。

  Only one person didn't come to the meeting.

• 一人ひとりずつ名な前まえを呼よばれた。

  Our names were called one by one.

noun

being alone; by oneself

Only with reading ひとり

State of being alone, without others. Often used in phrases like 一人で (alone, by oneself) or 一人になる (to be alone).

See also: 一人で

• 彼かれは一人ひとりで暮くらしている。

  He lives alone.

• たまには一人ひとりになりたい。

  Sometimes I want to be alone.

noun

being single; unmarried

Only with reading ひとり

Specifically refers to being unmarried or without a partner. Often used with 独り.

• 彼かれはまだ独ひとり身みだ。

  He is still single.

• 独ひとりでいるのも悪わるくない。

  Being single isn't so bad either.

adverb

by oneself; alone

Only with reading ひとり

Adverbial use: doing something alone, without help or company. Often 一人で.

• この仕し事ごとは一人ひとりでできます。

  I can do this work by myself.

• 彼かの女じょは一人ひとりで旅りょ行こうするのが好すきだ。

  She likes traveling alone.

adverb

just; only; simply

Only with reading ひとり

Used with a negative sentence to mean 'not just/only/simply'. Usually written in kana. Emphasizes that something is not limited to a single aspect.

• この問もん題だいはひとり日本にほんだけの問もん題だいではない。

  This problem is not just Japan's problem.

• 彼かれの失しっ敗ぱいはひとり彼かれだけの責せき任にんではない。

  His failure is not solely his responsibility.