並なみ居いる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

sit in a row; be lined up; be present in a row

Describes multiple people sitting or being present in a row, often in formal or ceremonial settings. The verb is intransitive and typically used in literary or descriptive contexts.

• 会かい議ぎ室しつには重じゅう役やくたちが並なみ居いていた。

  The executives were sitting in a row in the conference room.

• 式しき典てんでは来らい賓ひんが並なみ居いる中なか、祝しゅく辞じが述のべられた。

  At the ceremony, a congratulatory speech was given with the guests of honor lined up.