それぞれ

• 読み: それぞれ
• ローマ字: sorezore
• 発音: /so.ɾe.zo.ɾe/

意味

Each; every; respectively. Refers to individual items or people within a group, considered separately.

An adverb and noun emphasising individuality within a group. Used when each member has a different characteristic, role, or action: それぞれの意見 (each person's opinion), それぞれ違う (each one is different). Can modify nouns with の or stand alone as an adverb. Sometimes written 各々 (おのおの) in more formal contexts. Common in both spoken and written Japanese.

例文

1. 学生はそれぞれ違うテーマで発表した。
2. それぞれの国には独自の文化がある。
3. 好きな色はそれぞれ違うから面白い。

使い方ガイド

場面: academic, business, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Formed by repeating それ (that one) with the particle ぞれ, an archaic emphatic form. The repetition emphasises 'each and every one' — every individual counted separately.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal