並なみ

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

regular grade; mid-grade item

Used for the standard or regular grade of an item, especially in menus or product rankings, often contrasted with 上 or 特上. The spelling 並 is especially common in this use.

• うな重じゅうの並なみを二ふたつください。

  Two regular-grade eel boxes, please.

noun, used as a suffix

on par with; equivalent to; at the same level as

Suffix use after a noun, meaning that something reaches the same level as that noun: プロ並み, 人並み, 大人並み, etc.

• 彼かの女じょの料りょう理りの腕うで前まえはプロ並なみだ。

  Her cooking skill is on par with a professional's.

• この子こは大人並おとななみに難むずかしい本ほんを読よむ。

  This child reads difficult books at an adult level.

noun, used as a suffix

each; every

Limited suffix use meaning 'each' or 'every,' as in older or fixed expressions such as 月並み in the sense 'monthly; every month.' In modern Japanese, 月並み is more often understood as 'commonplace,' so this use is context-dependent.

• 「月つき並なみ」は、古ふるくは「毎まい月つきの」という意い味みでも使つかわれた。

  月並み was also used in the older sense of 'monthly' or 'every month.'

noun, used as a suffix

row of; line of

Suffix use for things arranged in a row or line, especially in common compounds such as 歯並み, 家並み, and 町並み.

• 矯きょう正せいして歯は並なみがよくなった。

  My teeth became better aligned after orthodontic treatment.

• 川かわ沿ぞいに古ふるい家や並なみが続つづいている。

  A row of old houses continues along the river.