並びます（ならびます、narabimasu）
- to queue

The Japanese verb 並びます [並びます] means "to line up," "to stand in a row," or "to be in a queue." It describes the action of people or things arranging themselves in a straight or orderly fashion. It can also imply items being placed side by side. It's an intransitive verb, meaning it doesn't take a direct object. The subject does the action of lining up.

⚫︎お店の前に人が並びます Translation: People are lining up in front of the store. ⚫︎図書館の本が棚に並びます Translation: Books are lined up on the shelves. ⚫︎列に並びます Translation: To line up in a queue.

⚫︎You would use 並びます [並びます] when describing the act of people or things forming a line or being arranged in a row. ⚫︎It's common to use it in situations where you need to wait, such as at a store or a bus stop. ⚫︎It can also describe the arrangement of objects, such as books on a shelf or cars in a parking lot. ⚫︎It is typically used in the present tense 並びます [並びます] to describe a general or habitual action, or the present state. The past tense 並びました indicates that the action has already been done. ⚫︎The polite form is 並びます [並びます] .

⚫︎The base form is 並ぶ [並びます]. ⚫︎The polite form is 並びます [並びます]. ⚫︎Written in hiragana: ならびます ⚫︎Kanji: 並びます ⚫︎The okurigana (hiragana following the kanji) is び. ⚫︎Variations in okurigana: There are no significant variations in okurigana for this word.

⚫︎列を作る - to form a line/queue ⚫︎整列する - to line up, to be in formation (more formal) ⚫︎一列に並ぶ - to line up in a single row

⚫︎There is no direct antonym, as 並びます [並びます] describes an action or state. However, actions that would disrupt a line or arrangement could be considered antonymous in context.

チケットを買うために、みんな並びます ・Translation: Everyone is lining up to buy tickets. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 並びます [並びます] to describe the action of people forming a queue to purchase tickets.

新しい映画を見るために、長い列ができて並びます ・Translation: A long line has formed to see the new movie. ・Explanation: This sentence uses the て-form of できる (to form/to be made) before 並びます [並びます] to describe the state of having a long queue that has formed.

The verb 並ぶ [並びます] is derived from the adjective 並（なみ）, meaning "ordinary" or "average," and describes things being side by side. The verb form likely developed to express the action of becoming arranged in this way. The kanji 並 itself signifies "arrangement" or "row."