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Illustration of 整列

整列せいれつ

せいれつ seiretsu Play N1 Noun Suru verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

人や物が列を作って並ぶこと。 stand in a row; form a line

Example 1

軍隊ぐんたいは戦闘せんとうの配置はいちで整列せいれつしていた。

The troops were in battle array.

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Example 2

そのバス停ていで人々ひとびとは整列せいれつして待まっていたが、バスが止とまるとすぐにその列れつは崩くずれた。

At the bus stop, people waited in orderly lines, but as soon as the bus pulled up, the line broke up.

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Kanji breakdown

列

N3

file; row; rank; tier; column

On reading
レツ、レ
Kun reading
Radical
刀

整

N1

organize; arranging; tune; tone; meter; key (music)

On reading
セイ
Kun reading
ととの.える、ととの.う
Radical
攴
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並列

N1

へいれつ

arrangement; parallel; abreast

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整える

N1

ととのえる

to put in order; to get ready; to arrange; to adjust

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整然

N1

せいぜん

orderly; regular; well-organized; trim; accurate

Illustration of 配列

配列

N1

はいれつ

arrangement; array (programming)

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陳列

N1

ちんれつ

exhibition; display; show