列

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 列 is read as れつ and is a noun for an ordered line and, in a table, a vertically arranged column.
• Basic usage: Use 人の列 for a queue and 表の右端の列 for the rightmost vertical column.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 行 and 列 in tables
  • In a table, 行 is a horizontal row and 列 is a vertical column; do not reverse the mapping.
• Continuity of a line
  • 列が続く describes people or objects extending in an ordered line in one direction.