林立

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 林立, read りんりつ, describes many things standing densely together like trees in a forest.
• Basic usage: It describes high-rise buildings near a station or warehouses along a river.
  • 駅前には高層ビルが林立している。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Density and orderly rows
  • 林立する emphasizes the impression of numerous things standing densely together. 整列する focuses on forming rows in an orderly arrangement.