1.
parallel
Lines or surfaces that maintain equal distance and never intersect.
この二つの線は平行だ。
These two lines are parallel.
線路は平行に走っている。
The railroad tracks run parallel to each other.
2.
simultaneous; concurrent
Doing multiple things at the same time.
仕事と勉強を平行して進める。
To pursue work and studies simultaneously.
平行 has both geometric and figurative meanings.
GEOMETRIC SENSE:
- Lines that never meet regardless of how far they extend
- 平行線: parallel lines
FIGURATIVE SENSE:
- Doing things at the same time
- 平行して: simultaneously
RELATED TERMS:
- 垂直: perpendicular, vertical
- 平行四辺形: parallelogram