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延のび

Meanings

Noun

1. growth; development

2. stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up)

3. (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.)

4. elongation; extension; carry (e.g. of sound); sustain

Alt. forms

Kanji used

prolong

Pitch accent

の

び

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

間ま延のび

taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness

延のび延のび

being postponed; being repeatedly put off; being delayed

背せ延のび

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability