► 名詞
並 [(2)なみ] meaning: ordinary rank: 2
☆ 並の人では思い付かない考え ⇨ An idea ordinary people will never think of
☆ 並の力では彼には勝てない ⇨ You can’t beat him with ordinary skills
並 [(2)なみ] meaning: regular rank: 2
☆ ラーメン並一つ御願いします ⇨ One regular-portion ramen, please
More examples:
- 選手は背番号順に並んでいる ⇨ The players are sorted by their jersey numbers
- 彼は人並み外れて力が強い ⇨ He is extraordinarily strong
- あいつは御託を並べるだけで実行しない ⇨ He just blows hot air, but won’t act
- 環境問題について各国が足並みを揃える必要がある ⇨ It is necessary for countries to synchronize their steps in the environmental issues
- 御手並み拝見（させて頂きます） ⇨ Allow me to check your skills. Let me see what you’ve got
- これはどういう順番で並んでいるんですか？ ⇨ In what order are these lined up?
- お客様には役員並びに社員一同、心から御礼申し上げます ⇨ The management and employees all sincerely thank our customers
- 巨人と阪神は70勝で首位に並んだ ⇨ Giants and Tigers are tied as leaders with 70 wins each
- 彼は理屈を並べ立てて自分を正当化しようとした ⇨ He listed out all the logics to justify himself
- 並大抵の努力では世界一にはなれない ⇨ You can’t be the world’s best with ordinary efforts
- 歯並びを矯正する装置 ⇨ A brace for correctly aligning teeth
- コロナ禍でお店は軒並み閉店だ ⇨ Stores are all closed because of the pandemic
- 彼は並み居る強敵を倒して優勝した ⇨ He beat all the strong rivals and won the championship
- 外には順番待ちの人達がずらっと並んでいる ⇨ Outside there are a lot of people lined up waiting for their turns
- この二つの条件は並立し得ない ⇨ These two conditions cannot exist in parallel