整せい列れつ

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整列する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Used for people or things arranged in orderly lines; common in school, military, and formal settings. As a suru-verb, it is intransitive.

〈場ば所しょ〉に整せい列れつするto line up at a place
生せい徒とたちは校こう庭ていに整せい列れつした。
The students lined up in the schoolyard.
一いち列れつに整せい列れつするto line up in a single file
みんな一いち列れつに整せい列れつしてください。
Please everyone line up in a single file.
〈数すう〉順じゅんに整せい列れつするto line up in order of (a number/measure)
生せい徒とたちは背せの高たかさの順じゅんに整せい列れつした。
The students lined up in order of height.

並ならぶN5
並ぶ is the general verb for standing in a line or side by side, while 整列 stresses a deliberate, orderly formation as in schools or the military.
行ぎょう列れつN3
行列 usually refers to a queue of people waiting their turn, whereas 整列 emphasizes the act of arranging into a straight, orderly line.
配はい列れつN1
整列 means lining things up neatly in a straight row (often people), while 配列 covers any deliberate arrangement, not necessarily linear.

解かい散さんN3
解散 means to break up and scatter, the opposite command to 整列 (line up) often given right after it in drills or assemblies.

整せい理りN4
整理 means to organize or tidy things up in general, while 整列 specifically means to arrange people or objects into a straight line.

Compound of 整 (sei, 'arrange, put in order') and 列 (retsu, 'row, line'). The reading is on'yomi.