ずつ

―ずつ

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［単位］ …単位で， …ぎめで；…ずつ

foot by foot 1フィートずつ， 次第に.

▲He dealt seven cards to each of us. 彼は私たちに7枚ずつカードを配った

They formed themselves in groups of five. 彼らは5人ずつのグループに分れた

arrange them in twos それらを2個ずつそろえる

in groups of 20 20人ずつ.

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-ずつ

●少しずつ little by little; bit by bit; inch by inch; by [in] dribbles [driblets]; piecemeal; 〔薬など〕 in small doses; 〔徐々に〕 gradually; by degrees

・1 つずつ one by one; one at a time [⇒ひとつ 1]

・2 人ずつ two by two; two at a time; by twos

・3 人に 1 つずつ one to every three persons

・1 人 1000 円ずつ寄付する contribute \1,000 per person [each]

・1 日 3 回, 1 回に 3 錠ずつ飲む take three pills each time, three times a day

・1 キロずつ袋に入れる pack one kilogram in each bag

・半額ずつ納入する pay in two equal installments

・階段を 2 段ずつ昇る climb [go up] the stairs two at a time

・札を 10 枚ずつ数える count out bills in groups of ten.

●2, 3 人ずつ来た. They came by twos and threes.

・1 冊ずつ買ってやっと 15 巻の全集がそろった. I bought one book at a time until I finally had all fifteen volumes.