I Love Kanji並ぶ (narabu)
並ぶ (ならぶ, narabu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to line up; to stand in a line”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ならぶ
- Romaji
- narabu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to line up; to stand in a line · godan verb, intransitive
- to rival; to match; to equal · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
列に並んで長い間待たされた後、身分証明として正式な出生証明書が必要だといわれた。
After a long wait in line, she was told she should get a certified copy of her birth certificate as identification.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 並ぶ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 並ぶ | ならぶ narabu |
| Polite (~masu) | 並びます | ならびます narabimasu |
| Negative | 並ばない | ならばない narabanai |
| Polite negative | 並びません | ならびません narabimasen |
| Past | 並んだ | ならんだ naranda |
| Polite past | 並びました | ならびました narabimashita |
| Negative past | 並ばなかった | ならばなかった narabanakatta |
| Te-form | 並んで | ならんで narande |
| Potential | 並べる | ならべる naraberu |
| Passive | 並ばれる | ならばれる narabareru |
| Causative | 並ばせる | ならばせる narabaseru |
| Volitional | 並ぼう | ならぼう narabou |
| Imperative | 並べ | ならべ narabe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 並べば | ならべば narabeba |
Kanji in 並ぶ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 並ぶ.
並べるならべるto line up並なみaverage並木なみきroadside trees並行へいこうgoing side-by-side軒並のきなみrow of houses月並つきなみevery month並列へいれつarranging in a line並びにならびにand (also)
Source: JMdict entry 1508380 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.