ずつ
Meanings
Suffix
1. apiece; each
Let's give five points apiece.
2. at a time; piecemeal
It's changing little by little, isn't it.
Pitch accent
⚠
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Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
little by little; bit by bit
one by one; one each; one at a time
one by one; one at a time; in turn
Examples (38 in total)
It's changing little by little, isn't it.
Get on the bus one by one.
We each paid thirty dollars.
Let's give five points apiece.
Information accumulates little by little.
I learn ten new words every day.
You two should each drink one bottle of beer.
Skip two steps at a time when going down.
I save 100,000 yen every month.
I packed the rice into single portions and froze it.
Everyone formed couples and began dancing.
Each speaker was allotted five minutes.
I asked each boy three questions.
The students stood up one by one and introduced themselves.
I skipped the elevator and climbed the stairs one floor at a time.
My watch loses three minutes a day.
The bristles are set into the brush one at a time.
Jenny spoke clearly, pausing between each word.
The company is equally owned by the two groups.
A mille crêpe cake is made by stacking the crêpes one layer at a time.
We will have to consider each application on a case-by-case basis.
You can bring them one sheet at a time, like before.
One by one the boys went out of the room.
Yeah, if there aren't any, let's buy a cheap one for each person.
Each of the four walls has three doors.
She spoke slowly, as if separating each word.
I gave three pencils to each of them.
I've been doing it a little at a time every day, so I'm almost done.
The correct answer is twelve on each side, for a total of twenty-four.
Drops drip down from the ceiling of the underground room, one by one.
I have a cat and a dog. The cat is black and the dog is white.
So, the assistant returned $1 to each man.
She put some money away every month for her retirement.
The girl brought me a red and a white rose.
Tom and Mary each drank three cups of coffee before they left for work.
She cut the cake into six pieces and gave one to each of the children.
I pay 100,000 yen in monthly rent for my apartment.
Now, please put about three seeds each into that hole.