並べる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
並
なら Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
竝べる (kyūjitai) 双べる

Etymology

The regular 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) shift of Old Japanese and Classical Japanese verb 並ぶ (narabu, “to line up (intransitive); to line something up (transitive)”).^[1]^[2]

The root verb narabu appears in Old Japanese, at least as early as the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.^[1]^[2]

Probably reflecting the same nara root as verb 均す・平す (narasu, “to flatten something out, to line something up horizontally”) + ぶ (bu, suffix attaching to nouns and adjectives to indicate ongoing state or likeness). If so, probably deriving ultimately from verb 成る・為る・生る (naru, “to come into being; to become”), 慣る・馴る・狎る・熟る (naru, “to become normal, to become regular, to become fitting”, classical form of modern なれる (nareru)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ならべる [nàrábérú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]^[4]
(Tokyo) ならべる [nàrábérúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[4]
IPA^(key): [na̠ɾa̠be̞ɾɯ̟]

Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「並べる」

Stem forms
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	並べる	ならべる	`[nàrábérú]`
Imperative (命令形)	並べろ	ならべろ	`[nàrábéró]`
Key constructions
Passive	並べられる	ならべられる	`[nàrábérárérú]`
Causative	並べさせる	ならべさせる	`[nàrábésásérú]`
Potential	並べられる	ならべられる	`[nàrábérárérú]`
Volitional	並べよう	ならべよー	`[nàrábéyóꜜò]`
Negative	並べない	ならべない	`[nàrábénáí]`
Negative perfective	並べなかった	ならべなかった	`[nàrábénáꜜkàttà]`
Formal	並べます	ならべます	`[nàrábémáꜜsù]`
Perfective	並べた	ならべた	`[nàrábétá]`
Conjunctive	並べて	ならべて	`[nàrábété]`
Hypothetical conditional	並べれば	ならべれば	`[nàrábéréꜜbà]`

Verb

並(なら)べる • (naraberu) transitive ichidan (stem 並(なら)べ (narabe), past 並(なら)べた (narabeta))

Japanese verb pair
active	並(なら)べる
mediopassive	並(なら)ぶ

to line something up
to arrange things, to set up

Conjugation

Conjugation of "並べる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	並べ	ならべ	narabe
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	並べ	ならべ	narabe
Shūshikei ("terminal")	並べる	ならべる	naraberu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	並べる	ならべる	naraberu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	並べれ	ならべれ	narabere
Meireikei ("imperative")	並べよ¹ 並べろ²	ならべよ¹ ならべろ²	narabeyo¹ narabero²
Key constructions
Passive	並べられる	ならべられる	naraberareru
Causative	並べさせる並べさす	ならべさせるならべさす	narabesaseru narabesasu
Potential	並べられる並べれる³	ならべられるならべれる³	naraberareru narabereru³
Volitional	並べよう	ならべよう	narabeyō
Negative	並べない並べぬ並べん	ならべないならべぬならべん	narabenai narabenu naraben
Negative continuative	並べず	ならべず	narabezu
Formal	並べます	ならべます	narabemasu
Perfective	並べた	ならべた	narabeta
Conjunctive	並べて	ならべて	narabete
Hypothetical conditional	並べれば	ならべれば	narabereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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