ズラリと並べる (to arrange in a line)
Grammar & Usage
How it works
This phrase combines the mimetic adverb ズラリ (zurari), which describes things being arranged neatly and uniformly in a line, with the particle と (to), and the transitive verb 並べる (naraberu), meaning 'to arrange' or 'to line up'. It is used when an agent intentionally arranges multiple items in a straight or orderly fashion. The 'と' particle here marks the adverbial modification.
Sample sentences
店員が新商品をショーケースにズラリと並べた。
The clerk arranged the new products neatly in a line in the display case.
会議室には椅子がズラリと並べられていた。
Chairs were arranged in a long line in the conference room.
子供たちは集めた貝殻を砂浜にズラリと並べて遊んでいた。
The children were playing, arranging the seashells they collected in a line on the beach.
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Example
店員が新商品をショーケースにズラリと並べた。
The clerk arranged the new products neatly in a line in the display case.
会議室には椅子がズラリと並べられていた。
Chairs were arranged in a long line in the conference room.
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