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    車がズラリと並んだ駐車場 (kuruma ga zurari to naranda chūshajō - a parking lot with cars lined up neatly)

    Grammar & Usage

    noun phrase
    neutral

    How it works

    This is a noun phrase composed of a noun (駐車場 - parking lot) modified by a relative clause (車がズラリと並んだ - cars lined up neatly). 'ズラリと' is an adverbial phrase expressing the state of being lined up neatly/in a row. '並んだ' is the past tense (連体形 - attributive form) of the verb '並ぶ' (to line up), directly modifying '駐車場'.

    Sample sentences

    その博物館には、珍しい骨董品がズラリと並んでいた。

    Rare antiques were neatly lined up in that museum.

    新しいスーパーの駐車場には、週末にはいつも車がズラリと並んでいます。

    The new supermarket's parking lot always has cars neatly lined up on weekends.

    彼女の部屋には、集めた人形が棚にズラリと並んでいた。

    In her room, the dolls she collected were neatly lined up on the shelf.

    Quick facts

    particle_ga:が (ga) marks the subject of the subordinate clause '車がズラリと並んだ'.
    attributive_form:並んだ (naranda) is the attributive form of 並ぶ, directly modifying the following noun 駐車場.
    onomatopoeia_adverb:ズラリ (zurari) is an onomatopoeic/mimetic adverb (gitaigo) describing things being lined up in a row or multitude.

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    Example

    その博物館には、珍しい骨董品がズラリと並んでいた。

    Rare antiques were neatly lined up in that museum.

    新しいスーパーの駐車場には、週末にはいつも車がズラリと並んでいます。

    The new supermarket's parking lot always has cars neatly lined up on weekends.

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