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椅子がズラーッと並べられていた (chairs were lined up in a row)

Grammar & Usage

clause / descriptive sentence

neutral

How it works

The sentence begins with the subject noun '椅子' (chairs) marked by the subject marker 'が'. The mimetic adverb 'ズラーッと' (an elongated form of 'ずらり'/'ずらっと') vividly conveys that items are arranged continuously in an extensive line. The predicate is the transitive verb '並べる' (to line up) conjugated into the passive resultant/continuous past form '並べられていた' (were arranged/lined up).

Sample sentences

体育館には何百脚もの椅子がズラーッと並べられていた。

Hundreds of chairs were lined up in long rows inside the gymnasium.

開店前の店の前には、限定商品を求める客がズラーッと並んでいた。

Before the store opened, customers seeking limited-edition items were lined up in a long queue.

本棚には専門書がズラーッと並べられている。

Specialized books are lined up in neat, continuous rows on the bookshelf.

Quick facts

politeness:Plain past form (da/dearu style).

mimetic_word:ズラーッと (zurā tto) is an emphatic mimetic word (gitaigo) expressing a long, dense sequence of people or things.

aspect_and_voice:並べられていた (naraberarete ita) combines passive voice (-rareru) with past progressive/resultative aspect (-te ita) to describe a state resulting from prior action.

Often used with

ズラーッと並ぶ (to line up in a long row)

椅子を並べる (to arrange chairs)

ずらりと並べられている (to be arranged in rows)

一列に並ぶ (to stand/be in a single line)

Mnemonic

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Example

体育館には何百脚もの椅子がズラーッと並べられていた。

Hundreds of chairs were lined up in long rows inside the gymnasium.

開店前の店の前には、限定商品を求める客がズラーッと並んでいた。

Before the store opened, customers seeking limited-edition items were lined up in a long queue.