ずつ details
Examples
each; apiece — a fixed quantity is divided evenly per person or per unit
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 o kubari 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
Formation
数量[すうりょう]+ずつ(一[ひと]つずつ・少[すこ]しずつ・三人[さんにん]ずつ)attaches to noun phrase (schematic)
Notes
(×学生ずつ).
Related patterns
Similar
Both distribute evenly, but ずつ names the SIZE of the share each recipient gets (お菓子[かし]を三[みっ]つずつ配[くば]る "hand out three sweets each"), while ごとに names ONE unit of the domain at a time, temporal or not (家[いえ]ごとに "for each house" — no interval or spacing involved); ずつ answers "how much each," ごとに answers "which one, taken singly."