並 is read なみ (nami), with heiban pitch accent (flat).

How is 並 used in a sentence?

毎日、商品を棚に並べます。 — Every day, I arrange products on the shelves.

並なみ

Q: What JLPT level is 並?

並 is a JLPT N1 word (advanced).

なみ · nami

JLPT N1 noun

Medium (e.g., food serving size, quality, price, etc.), ordinary

average, medium, common, ordinary
mid-grade (item), regular grade
same level as, equal to, equivalent to, on par with

Heiban

flat · what is pitch accent?

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Example sentences

毎日、商品を棚に並べます。

まいにち、しょうひんをたなにならべます。

Every day, I arrange products on the shelves.

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テーブルに皿を並べてください。

てーぶるにさらをならべてください。

Please set the plates on the table.

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朝から並んでいます。

あさからならんでいます。

We have been lining up since morning.

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京都の町並みを見ていると、昔に戻った気がします。

きょうとのまちなみをみていると、むかしにもどったきがします。

When I look at Kyoto's streets, I feel like I've gone back in time.

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並Row, And, Besides 音へい・ほう訓な.み・なみ JLPT N2 · 8 strokes

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Words that share a kanji

並行へいこう(going) side by side, concurrent, at the same time 月並つきなみconventional, trite, common 並ぶならぶto line up, to stand in a line (v.i.)並木なみきroadside tree, row of trees 軒並のきなみrow of houses; uniformly 並列へいれつarrangement, parallel, abreast

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What does 並 mean?

Medium (e.g., food serving size, quality, price, etc.), ordinary. It can also mean: average, medium, common, ordinary; mid-grade (item), regular grade; same level as, equal to, equivalent to, on par with.

How do you pronounce 並?

なみ (nami). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.

What JLPT level is 並?

JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.

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