並ならべる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

line up; arrange in a row; set out

Transitive verb for putting multiple things side by side, in a row, or in an orderly arrangement. The intransitive counterpart is 並ぶ.

• 机つくえの上うえに皿さらを並ならべる。

  I set the plates out on the table.

• 店てん員いんが棚たなに商しょう品ひんをきれいに並ならべた。

  The clerk neatly arranged the products on the shelves.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

enumerate; list; itemize

Used for presenting facts, reasons, examples, names, and similar items one after another. It can sound like simply laying out many items rather than explaining them in depth.

• 彼かの女じょは反はん対たいする理り由ゆうを一ひとつずつ並ならべた。

  She listed her reasons for objecting one by one.

• 報ほう告こく書しょには数すう字じだけが並ならべてある。

  The report only has figures listed in it.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

be equal to; rank with; compare well with

Often appears in the fixed expression 肩を並べる, meaning to stand shoulder to shoulder with someone in ability, status, or achievement.

• 彼かれは世せ界かいのトップ選せん手しゅと肩かたを並ならべるまでになった。

  He has reached the point where he can stand shoulder to shoulder with the world's top athletes.