並べる
Meaning in Englishline up, arrange side by side
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Word context
What it means
What does 並べる mean? It means to place items in a line or order, organizing them by sequence or alignment so they can be viewed or analyzed together.
Main meanings
- to place items side by side in a row or column
- to arrange in a specific order or layout, often for display
- to juxtapose ideas, data, or elements for comparison
How to use it
Used across speaking and writing, in casual to formal registers. It takes a direct object (を) for physical items, and is common in contexts like arranging products, lining up people, or organizing data; typical phrases include 商品を棚に並べる, 人を並べる, 表に項目を並べる.
Variants and close terms
- 整列する (seiretsu suru) — to line up in neat order
- 並べ替える (narabekaeru) — to reorder or sort
- 並ぶ (narabu) — to line up (intransitive)
- 散らす (chirau) — to scatter (antonym)
Composition
- 並: to line up; to arrange; to compare; to equalize
- べる: verb-ending that marks a transitive action, turning the idea into 'to cause to be arranged'
Etymology
naraberu is formed by attaching the transitive suffix -eru to the stem of 並, turning the intransitive sense into a transitive verb; the pronunciation preserves the narabe- cluster before the final -ru in modern Japanese phonology.
Word class
verb (ru-verb, ichidan)