Illustration: In a small neighborhood lunch shop before opening, two tasks proceed at once across a shared workroom. At the stove, a cook flips sizzling croquettes while another worker at the counter packs already cooled croquettes into lunch boxes.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

並へい行こう

heikou

to run concurrently

Example sentences

  1. 色々いろいろ並行へいこうしてやってるから芥川あくたがわばかり読よんでるのでもないのだよ。今いまは英語読えいごよんでる時間じかんが増ふえてる。ドイツ語ごも毎日少まいにちすこしずつやってる。

    I do a lot in parallel, therefore I do not only read Akutagawa. At the moment, I am reading more and more in English. I am also reading a bit in German every day.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 並行へいこうして、キリスト教きょうの制限せいげんと貿易ぼうえきの管理強化かんりきょうかをすすめ、社会しゃかいの安定化あんていかに努つとめた。

    In parallel, the bakufu made efforts to stabilize society through restricting Christianity-related activities and strengthening the control of trade.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. この年としの7月がつに九州平定きゅうしゅうへいていを終おえた秀吉ひでよしは、京都きょうとの朝廷ちょうていや民衆みんしゅうに自己じこの権威けんいを示しめすために、聚楽第造営じゅらくだいぞうえいと併行へいこうして大規模だいきぼなイベントを開催かいさいすることを企くわだてた。

    Hideyoshi who had completed the subjugation of Kyushu in July of that year, aimed to hold the event coinciding with the construction of his mansion "Jurakudai" to display his own power to the imperial court and the general masses.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 並行

  • 並row; andOnヘイ・ホウKunなみ・なみ・ならべる
  • 行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう

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