並ぶ

• 読み: ならぶ
• ローマ字: narabu
• 漢字の分解: 並 (hei/nara) — line up, parallel; two people standing side by side
• 発音: /na.ɾa.bɯ/

意味

To line up; to stand in a line; to queue. Describes people or things arranged in a row.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb. Used for both people queuing and objects arranged in rows. Very common in daily Japanese life where queuing is culturally important. Forms a transitive-intransitive pair with 並べる (naraberu, to arrange in a line). Common pattern: 列に並ぶ (to stand in a queue).

例文

1. 人気のラーメン屋の前に人が並んでいます。
2. バス停で並んで待ちましょう。
3. 本棚に本がきれいに並んでいる。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, restaurants, events

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 並 pictographically shows two people standing side by side, directly representing the concept of things lined up in parallel.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal