並べる・双べる|ならべるnaraberu[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
並べる並べる is the most common form for this vocabulary item and the form learners should choose when writing or using it.
双べる双べる is a rarely used written form; learners may encounter it in text, but should choose 並べる instead.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto line up; to set up; to arrange in a line
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto enumerate; to itemize
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 並べる（ならべる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 並べます（ならべます） |
| Negative (nai) | 並べない（ならべない） |
| polite (masen) | 並べません（ならべません） |
| classical zu / nu | 並べず・並べぬ（ならべず・ならべぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 並べた（ならべた） |
| polite (mashita) | 並べました（ならべました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 並べなかった（ならべなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 並べませんでした（ならべませんでした） |
| Te form | 並べて（ならべて） |
| Potential | 並べられる（ならべられる） |
| Passive | 並べられる（ならべられる） |
| Causative | 並べさせる（ならべさせる） |
| Causative passive | 並べさせられる（ならべさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 並べれば（ならべれば） |
| tara | 並べたら（ならべたら） |
| Volitional | 並べよう（ならべよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 並べましょう（ならべましょう） |
| Imperative | 並べろ（ならべろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
人々が店の前に並ぶ
並ぶ focuses on the subject (people or things) coming to form a line or being in a line, without specifying who caused it. 並べる focuses on an agent deliberately placing objects in an orderly arrangement.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym並べ立てるならべたてるWrittenWritten style. Enumerates one by one, often with a pejorative nuance of reeling off excuses or complaints, as in 「言い訳を並べ立てる」.
- Synonym並べたてるCasualColloquial. Kana spelling of 「並べ立てる」; carries the same tone of reeling off excuses one by one.
- Synonym並ばすNeutralNeutral. Causative form: to make people line up, as in 「子供を並ばす」.
- Related枚挙まいきょFormalFormal. Enumeration, item by item; most often seen in the negative 「枚挙にいとまがない」, meaning too numerous to count.
- Related列挙れっきょWrittenWritten style. Lists items one by one, as in 「問題点を列挙する」.
- Related整列せいれつWrittenWritten style. Lining up neatly in order; used for forming ranks or for sorting data.
- Related数え上げるかぞえあげるNeutralNeutral. Counts out or enumerates one by one, with the focus on tallying, as in 「欠点を数え上げる」.
- Related数えたてるCasualColloquial. Enumerates item by item in a scolding tone, often to pick out faults.
- Related数えあげるNeutralNeutral. Kana spelling of 「数え上げる」; tallying and listing items one by one.
Use 「並べる」 to arrange several things side by side (a single item is 「置く」). For enumerating one by one, 「列挙」 and 「数え上げる」 fit; reel off excuses with 「並べ立てる」; say something is countless with 「枚挙にいとまがない」.
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Japanese definitions
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