JLPT N5 · Verb

並べる (naraberu)

並べる (ならべる, naraberu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to line up; to set up”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ならべる
Romaji: naraberu
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line · ichidan verb, transitive
to enumerate; to itemize · ichidan verb, transitive
to be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as) · ichidan verb, transitive

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

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

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 並べる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	並べる	ならべる naraberu
Polite (~masu)	並べます	ならべます narabemasu
Negative	並べない	ならべない narabenai
Polite negative	並べません	ならべません narabemasen
Past	並べた	ならべた narabeta
Polite past	並べました	ならべました narabemashita
Negative past	並べなかった	ならべなかった narabenakatta
Te-form	並べて	ならべて narabete
Potential	並べられる	ならべられる naraberareru
Passive	並べられる	ならべられる naraberareru
Causative	並べさせる	ならべさせる narabesaseru
Volitional	並べよう	ならべよう narabeyou
Imperative	並べろ	ならべろ narabero
Conditional (~ba)	並べれば	ならべれば narabereba

Kanji in 並べる

並

row, and, besidesヘイ・ホウ・な.み・なみ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 並べる.

並ぶならぶ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 1508390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.