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ズラーッと並ぶ (zurā tto narabu - to line up in a long row)

Grammar & Usage

verb phrase

neutral

How it works

This phrase combines the emphatic mimetic adverb ズラーッと (zurātto, a variation of ずらっと/ずらりと meaning 'in a long line') with the godan intransitive verb 並ぶ (narabu, 'to line up'). The prolonged sound (ー) and glottal stop (ッ) emphasize a visually striking, continuous extension of items or people. It functions syntactically as an adverbial modifier followed by a predicate verb.

Sample sentences

書斎の本棚には、古い専門書がズラーッと並んでいる。

Old specialized books are lined up in a long row on the bookshelf in the study.

開店前だというのに、限定スイーツを求める人々がズラーッと並んだ。

Even before opening, people lined up in a long queue seeking the limited-edition sweets.

展示会場には歴代の歴代モデルがズラーッと並んでいて圧巻だった。

Successive generations of models were lined up in a long row at the exhibition venue, which was an impressive sight.

Quick facts

orthography:Often written in katakana (ズラーッと) to highlight visual emphasis, compared to standard hiragana (ずらりと / ずらっと)

lexical_class:擬態語 (gitaigo, mimetic word) + 動詞 (verb)

verb_conjugation:Godan verb with 'bu' stem (並ぶ -> 並びます, 並んで, 並んだ)

Often used with

本棚にズラーッと並ぶ (to line up extensively on a bookshelf)

ズラーッと並んだ行列 (a queue stretching out in a long row)

高級車がズラーッと並ぶ (luxury cars lined up in a row)

店頭にズラーッと並べる (to arrange in a long row in a shopfront)

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Example

書斎の本棚には、古い専門書がズラーッと並んでいる。

Old specialized books are lined up in a long row on the bookshelf in the study.

開店前だというのに、限定スイーツを求める人々がズラーッと並んだ。

Even before opening, people lined up in a long queue seeking the limited-edition sweets.