連つらなる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

extend in a row; stretch out; stand in succession

Intransitive. Used when mountains, houses, cars, people, and similar things form a continuous line or series. Often appears as 連なっている.

• 遠とおくに山やま々やまが連つらなっている。

  Mountains stretch out in the distance.

• 事じ故この影えい響きょうで、車くるまが何なんキロも連つらなった。

  Because of the accident, cars lined up for kilometers.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

attend; take part in; join the ranks of

Formal or literary に連なる use for being among the participants, attendants, or members of a group. It is less everyday than 参加する, 出席する, or 入る, and can imply being included in an honored or meaningful company.

• 彼かれも来らい賓ひんとして式しき典てんに連つらなった。

  He also attended the ceremony as a guest of honor.

• 多おおくの若わか者ものが改かい革かくを求もとめる人ひと々びとの列れつに連つらなった。

  Many young people joined the ranks of those calling for reform.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be connected; be related; be linked

Used for an abstract, genealogical, historical, or causal connection. Often sounds more written or formal than 関係がある or つながっている.

• この問もん題だいは教きょう育いく制せい度ど全ぜん体たいに連つらなっている。

  This problem is linked to the education system as a whole.

• 彼かれの家か系けいは古ふるい武ぶ家けに連つらなる。

  His family line is connected to an old samurai family.