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ズラリと並んだ (lined up neatly)

Grammar & Usage

fixed expression (adverbial phrase + verb)

neutral

How it works

This phrase combines the onomatopoeic/mimetic adverb ズラリ (zurari), indicating objects lining up densely or in great numbers, with the particle と (to) which turns it into an adverb, modifying the past tense verb 並んだ (naranda), meaning 'lined up'. The structure 'XとY' where X is a mimetic word and Y is a verb indicates how the action Y is performed.

Sample sentences

駅前の商店街には、様々なお店がズラリと並んでいた。

Various shops were lined up neatly in the shopping street in front of the station.

図書館の棚には、新しい本がズラリと並んでいた。

New books were lined up in neat rows on the library shelves.

会場には、参加者の椅子がズラリと並んでおり、準備万端だった。

Chairs for participants were neatly lined up in the venue, and preparations were complete.

Quick facts

verb_form:並んだ (naranda) is the past tense (ta-form) of 並ぶ (narabu, to line up/be lined up).

onomatopoeia:ズラリ (zurari) is a giongo/gitaigo (mimetic word) that describes the visual state of many things being arranged in a long, dense, or neat row.

Often used with

ズラリと並ぶ (to line up neatly)

ズラリと勢揃い (all present/assembled neatly)

ズラリと陳列する (to display in a row)

ズラリと本が並ぶ (books lined up neatly)

Mnemonic

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Example

駅前の商店街には、様々なお店がズラリと並んでいた。

Various shops were lined up neatly in the shopping street in front of the station.

図書館の棚には、新しい本がズラリと並んでいた。

New books were lined up in neat rows on the library shelves.