BackGrammar JLPT Level N3 - Lesson 16
Structure of それぞれ:
それぞれ + Phrase
それぞれ + の + Noun
Details about それぞれ:
それぞれ is a noun in Japanese that is used similarly to 'each' in English. Like other nouns that can be used adverbially (ほとんど, 沢山, and かなり for example), それぞれ regularly comes before a whole sentence, or before a specific noun preceded by の.
- 皆それぞれ食べたいものを頼んでね。Everyone, please (each) order something you want to eat.
- それぞれ別の行動をした。We each did our own separate things.
- 人それぞれの考え方があるから、しょうがないよ。Each person has different ways of thinking, so there is nothing we can do.
- それぞれのチームに別れてから開始してください。Please start once you have divided yourselves into each separate team.
それぞれ
Usage Notes for それぞれ:
Synonyms for それぞれ:
当たり
Per~, A~, Apiece, Each
Example of それぞれ
それぞれ行きたいところに行きましょう。
Let's go to each of the places we want to go (respectively).
生き物はそれぞれ食べるものが違う。
Living things each eat different things respectively.
それぞれ好きな運動をした。
We each (respectively) did exercises that we like.
これからはそれぞれの道を行くことに決めた。
We decided that we will each (respectively) go our separate ways from now on.
人それぞれ癖というものがあります。
Each (respective) person has a habit.
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