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ズラリと並んだ人々 (people standing in a line)

Grammar & Usage

noun phrase

neutral

How it works

This noun phrase consists of the mimetic adverb 'ズラリと' (describing items or people lined up in a long, continuous row), the past/attributive form of the verb 並ぶ ('並んだ', lined up), and the reduplicated noun '人々' (people). The preceding adverbial clause modifies the head noun '人々'.

Sample sentences

開店前の店の前には、ズラリと並んだ人々の姿があった。

In front of the store before opening, there was a long row of people lined up.

ズラリと並んだ人々が、チケットの発売開始を今か今かと待っている。

The people lined up in a long row are waiting impatiently for the ticket sales to start.

会場に入ると、受付にズラリと並んだ人々が目に入った。

When I entered the venue, I noticed a long line of people at the reception desk.

Quick facts

noun_formation:人々 (hitobito) uses the iteration mark (々) to create a plural noun from 人 (hito)

particle_usage:と (to) functions adverbially with the mimetic word ズラリ

onomatopoeia_type:Gitaigo (psychomime/phenomime expressing state or arrangement)

Often used with

ズラリと並ぶ (to line up in a long row)

ズラリと並んだ商品 (merchandise lined up in a row)

ズラリと並んだ本 (books lined up on a shelf)

開店前にズラリと並ぶ (to line up in a row before a store opens)

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Example

開店前の店の前には、ズラリと並んだ人々の姿があった。

In front of the store before opening, there was a long row of people lined up.

ズラリと並んだ人々が、チケットの発売開始を今か今かと待っている。

The people lined up in a long row are waiting impatiently for the ticket sales to start.