列(れつ)

れつ
noun
row, line, queue
1. row, line
A series of objects or people arranged in a line.
列(れつ)に並(なら)ぶ。
To stand in line.
前列(ぜんれつ)に座(すわ)る。
To sit in the front row.
席(せき)が三(さん)列(れつ)に並(なら)んでいる。
The seats are arranged in three rows.
2. queue
A line of people waiting for something.
長(なが)い列(れつ)ができた。
A long queue formed.
列(れつ)に割(わ)り込(こ)まないでください。
Please don't cut in line.
ラーメン屋(や)の前(まえ)に列(れつ)ができていた。
There was a queue in front of the ramen shop.

列(れつ) refers to an arrangement of things or people in a line, row, or queue.

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

  • 行列(ぎょうれつ): queue, procession, matrix (math)
  • 列車(れっしゃ): train
  • 整列(せいれつ): lining up, alignment
  • 前列(ぜんれつ): front row
  • 後列(こうれつ): back row
  • 列島(れっとう): archipelago, chain of islands

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

USAGE:
列(れつ) is more formal than 行列(ぎょうれつ) for queues. In daily speech, 並(なら)んでいる人(ひと) (people lining up) is common.

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Added 2026.1.9 21:21 · Revised 2026.3.25 23:52
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