並び|ならびnarabi[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounline; row; rank; list
   席せきを確保かくほするには列れつに並ならびさえすればいい。↗

   All you have to do to secure a seat is to wait in line.

• Synonym列れつNeutralRefers to a line or row that has formed; 「並び」 leans toward side-by-side arrangement or the order of arrangement, as in 「歯並び」.
• Synonym行列ぎょうれつNeutralA queue of people waiting in order or a procession; also a matrix. 「並び」 centers on the way things are arranged.
• SynonymラインCasualColloquial loanword for a line or row; 「並び」 centers on arrangement.
• Synonym連なりつらなりWrittenWritten/formal prose: things continuing one after another, as in 「山の連なり」; 「並び」 leans toward side-by-side placement.

Use 「並び」 for side-by-side arrangement or the order of arrangement, as in 「歯並び」 and 「並び順」. For a formed line use 「列」, for queuing or a procession use 「行列」, and for things stretching on in succession use 「連なり」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 列れつ。となりあい。
2. 「ならぶ」の連用形れんようけい。