各|かくkaku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. prefixeach; every; all
   各かく会員かいいんは会費かいひを払はらうべし。↗

   Each member has to pay a membership fee.

• Synonym各々おのおのWrittenA noun meaning each of many people or things, as in 「各々の意見」; written/formal in tone, it can also address a group as 'you all'.
• RelatedめいめいNeutralA noun for each person individually, as in 「銘々が持参する」; it stresses each one separately, while 「各」 leans written and works mostly as a prefix.
• Antonym総そうWrittenA prefix for the whole or total, as in 「総選挙」; found in written/formal prose, it gathers everything together, the opposite of 「各」's one-by-one sense.
• Antonym全ぜんNeutralA neutral prefix for all or the whole, as in 「全国」「全員」; it covers everything as one, standing opposite to 「各」's each-and-every sense.

Use the prefix 「各」 for each or every, as in 「各国」「各自」. For each person individually pick 「銘々」 or 「各々」; for the whole or total use the prefixes 「全」 or 「総」 instead.

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1. 主おもに漢語かんご・外来語がいらいごの名詞めいしに付ついて、それらの多おおくのものの一ひとつ一ひとつの意いを表あらわす。