並べる

Meanings

1. to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line
2. to enumerate; to itemize
3. to be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as)

Part of speech: ichidan verb, transitive

Kanji

• 並

  Meanings

  row, and, besides, as well as

  On reading

  ヘイ、ホウ

  Kun reading

  な.み、なみ、なら.べる、なら.ぶ、なら.びに

  Strokes

  8

Example sentences

• メイドはテーブルにナイフとフォークを並べた。

  The maid arranged the knives and forks on the table.

  Tatoeba #194690 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 屁理屈ばかり並べて、お前の言ってること全然筋が通ってないよ。

  All you do is string together a bunch of farfetched ideas. I can't understand a word of it.

  Tatoeba #77097 · CC BY 2.0 FR