と並んでalongside; ranking with
Two things stand side by side at the top: the two great cities, the two favorites to win. You are saying that the one you are talking about ranks with the other.
Osaka, along with Tokyo, is one of Japan's great cities.
How to form it
Noun + と並んで
In writing also と並び. Before a noun it is と並ぶ: 東京と並ぶ大都市, a city that ranks with Tokyo.
- Before it
- The peer: something already known for the same thing.
- After it
- What the two share: 日本を代表する (Japan's leading …), 有名な, 重要な, …の一つ (one of the …).
- Where you'll meet it
- Guidebooks, encyclopedias, news, profiles of people and places. Seldom in conversation.
In use
Kyoto, along with Nara, is known as one of Japan's great ancient capitals.
Along with the previous champion, she is seen as one of the favorites in this tournament.
Ramen has become a Japanese food as popular as sushi.
It also just means side by side
並ぶ is "to line up" or "to be next to", and the same words keep that plain meaning. When sitting, walking, standing or waiting follows, nobody is being ranked.
I sat next to my grandmother on a park bench.
Close neighbours
と同じでN3
Plain "like": the same thing is true of both. Nobody is ranked.
Like my older sister, I'm a morning person too.
とともにN3
"Together with": people who go somewhere or do something together.
The delegation entered the venue with an interpreter.
Check yourself
1In which sentence is something being ranked?
Choose an answer to see why.
2Which one fits?
兄
Choose an answer to see why.
More sentences
Mount Fuji, along with cherry blossoms, is widely known overseas as a symbol of Japan.
In this region, pottery ranks with textiles as an important traditional industry.
The British Museum, along with the Louvre, is known as one of the world's leading museums.