列|れつretsu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounrow; line; file; column; queue; rank; procession
   この数字すうじの列れつを合計ごうけいしなさい。↗

   Add up this column of figures.
2. noungroup (of peers); ranks (of); company (of)
3. noun, mathsequence
4. noun, botanyseries (taxonomic rank)
5. countercounter for rows

• Synonym並びならびNeutralA row of things lined up side by side, as in 「店の並び」; also an adjacent row. 「列」 stresses things forming a line or queue.
• Synonym行列ぎょうれつNeutralA queue or procession formed in order, as in 「行列ができる店」; the emphasis is on people lining up to wait their turn.
• SynonymラインNeutralA loanword for a line or boundary; can also mean a row, mostly in sports, design and similar fields.
• Synonym連なりつらなりWrittenWritten prose for similar things stretching on one after another, as in 「山の連なり」; often used for mountain ranges.
• Related隊列たいれつNeutralAn orderly formation of an organized group — students, marchers, a motorcade — as in 「隊列を組む」; stresses being an ordered unit more than 「列」.
• Related配列はいれつNeutralArranging things in a set order, as in 「五十音順に配列する」; the focus is on how things are ordered, and it also means an array in programming.
• Related隊伍たいごWrittenWritten prose for a neatly formed marching column, usually in 「隊伍を組む」; say 「列」 in everyday speech.

Use 「列」 for a row or line of people or things. Pick 「行列」 for a long queue or procession, 「隊列」 for an orderly formation, and 「配列」 for arranging things in order. 「並び」 is a row of adjacent things; 「連なり」 and 「隊伍」 belong to written prose.

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1. 複数ふくすうの人ひとや物ものが、線せんのように隣り合となりあいながら続つづいていること。
2. 同種どうしゅのもの。仲間なかま。
3. 対象たいしょうあるいは事象じしょうが羅列られつされたものを順番じゅんばんに並ならべたもの。wikipediaの記事きじ。
4. 行列ぎょうれつにおいて縦たて方向ほうこうの成分せいぶんの並ならび。