1.
every; each
Attached to nouns to indicate 'every X' or 'for each X'. Indicates repetition or distribution.
日ごと}に{寒くなる。
It gets colder day by day.
3時間ごと}に{薬を飲む。
Take medicine every 3 hours.
人それぞれ、国ごと}に{習慣が違う。
Customs differ from country to country.
WRITING: Can be written as 毎 or ごと in hiragana.
PATTERN: Noun + {ごと}
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 日{ごと}に (day by day)
- 年/{ごと}に (every year)
- 家{ごと}に (for each house)
- 人{ごと}に (for each person)
- 〜時間{ごと}に (every ~ hours)
NOTE: Not to be confused with the expression 〜ごとく (like, as if), which has a different origin.
SIMILAR: 毎〜 (every ~) is a prefix, while 〜{ごと} is a suffix.