N3 — outside your level filter
ずつ
ずつzutsuN3neutral
each; apiece; little by little
折り紙、みんなに三つずつ配るね。
origami, minna ni mittsu zutsu kubaru ne.
I'll hand out three pieces of origami paper to each of you. casual
焦らないで、少しずつ慣れていけばいいよ。
aseranaide, sukoshi zutsu narete ikeba ii yo.
No need to rush — it's fine to get used to it little by little. casual
Same meaning4
every time; at each interval of
- ごとにevery; each timeattaches at
- につきowing to N; per N (formal, written)attaches at
- おきにevery other; with N skipped in betweenattaches at
- たびにevery time; each time — a recurring correlation, not a single eventattaches at
All examples4
each; apiece — a fixed quantity divided evenly per person
折り紙、みんなに三つずつ配るね。
origami, minna ni mittsu zutsu kubaru ne.
I'll hand out three pieces of origami paper to each of you. casual
参加者には資料を一部ずつお配りいたします。
sankasha ni wa shiryou o ichibu zutsu okubari itashimasu.
We will distribute one copy of the materials to each participant. formal
little by little — a change progresses in small, steady increments
焦らないで、少しずつ慣れていけばいいよ。
aseranaide, sukoshi zutsu narete ikeba ii yo.
No need to rush — it's fine to get used to it little by little. casual
リハビリを続けるうちに、少しずつ痛みが和らいできた。
rihabiri o tsuzukeru uchi ni, sukoshi zutsu itami ga yawaraide kita.
As I kept up with the rehab, the pain gradually eased little by little. neutral
How it's formed1
All forms3
少しずつsukoshizutsualternant
the everyday shape for a change with no countable unit to divide — 少しずつ暖かくなってきた。
ちょっとずつchottozutsucolloquial
the spoken twin of 少しずつ, common in encouragement — ちょっとずつでいいよ。
一人ずつhitorizutsualternant
the share reads as one at a time when the counted unit is the set being worked through (一人ずつ名前を呼びます); given a separate recipient it is still one each — 各班に一人ずつ配置する。
Notes
a bare noun.