銘々

めいめい · meimei · JLPT N2 · adverb

each

🏷️ 々 is a repeat mark: 銘 (name tag) doubled, so one tag for each person = each

Each guest at a formal banquet had their own name card, so 銘々 came to mean each one. The 々 mark simply repeats the character 銘. Use it for each person's own item or for individually.

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