1.
row of houses; house after house
A line of buildings standing side by side along a street.
商店の軒並みがきれいに並んでいる。
The row of shops is neatly lined up.
台風で軒並み屋根が飛ばされた。
The typhoon blew off the roofs of house after house.
古い軒並みが残る通りを散歩した。
I strolled along a street where old rows of houses still remain.
2.
across the board; without exception; one after another
Used adverbially to indicate that something applies to every case in a group, without exception. Very common in news and business reporting.
株価が軒並み下落した。
Stock prices fell across the board.
飲食店が軒並み値上げした。
Restaurants raised prices across the board.
今年の入試は難しく、受験者の点数が軒並み低かった。
This year's entrance exams were difficult, and examinees' scores were low across the board.
Compound of 軒 (eaves, house) + 並み (row, line). Originally described a row of houses, but the adverbial sense 2 is now more common.
As an adverb, 軒並み emphasizes that something affects every member of a group uniformly. It is especially frequent in news reporting about market trends, price changes, and widespread phenomena.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 軒並み上昇 (rise across the board)
- 軒並み下落 (fall across the board)
- 軒並み値上げ (price hikes across the board)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 一様に: uniformly (more formal)
- 一斉に: all at once (emphasizes simultaneity)
- どれも: all of them (colloquial, less emphatic)