並行

へいこう

Also written 併行

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive, の-adjective going side-by-side; going abreast
2. running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

Kanji

• 並 line up. Read as ヘイ.
• 行 go. Read as コウ.

Example sentences

• その道路は川と並行している。
  The road is parallel to the river.
• 色々並行してやってるから芥川ばかり読んでるのでもないのだよ。今は英語読んでる時間が増えてる。ドイツ語も毎日少しずつやってる。
  I do many things at the same time, so not only am I reading things by Akutagawa, I've also increased the amount of time I spend reading in English and I also read a little in German every day.

Common phrases

• 活動を並行する
• 並行で進める

Words containing 並行

• 並行世界 (へいこうせかい) parallel world
• 並行輸入 (へいこうゆにゅう) parallel importing
• 並行線 (へいこうせん) parallel railways

And 7 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N2
• Encyclopedia

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