Meaning & usage
それぞれ means each member of a group acts or possesses something individually and separately, often with different results. It is used alone as an adverb before a verb, as in それぞれ帰る, or in the pattern Xそれぞれ, such as 人それぞれ, to say results vary by X. With それぞれの + noun, the noun must be the separate item each person has, like それぞれの家, and cannot refer to the people themselves.
Example sentences 6
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彼らはそれぞれの家に帰った。
They went home to their respective houses.
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人にはそれぞれ外国旅行に行く理由がいろいろある。
Each person has various reasons for going on a trip abroad.
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演説者には、それぞれ５分ずつ割り当てられた。
Each speaker was allotted five minutes.
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彼らはそれぞれの歌を歌った。
Each of them sang a song.
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あの大事業家は息子それぞれに１００万ドルを残した。
The tycoon endowed each son with a million dollars.
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愛国心の度合いは、人それぞれだ。
We each have different degrees of love for our country.
