並べる
ならべる · naraberu · JLPT N5 · verb-ichidan
to line up
🎳 並 = two figures standing side by side; narabe sounds like a narrow bay
The kanji 並 began as two people standing next to each other, so the meaning is built in. For the sound: boats in a narrow bay (nara-be) have no room, so you line them up side by side. The intransitive partner is 並ぶ (narabu), to be in a line.