Moto 背伸び (せのび)standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself
- standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneselfnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's abilitynoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Kanji in 背伸び
- 背Stature; Height; BackRead with its kun'yomi here · JLPT N3
- 伸Expand; Stretch; ExtendRead with its kun'yomi here · JLPT N2
Words that share its kanji
- 背景はいけいbackground; scenery
- 背中せなかback (of body)
- 背任はいにんbreach of trust; malfeasance
- 背後はいごback; rear
- 背せいheight; stature
- 背広せびろbusiness suit
- 背番号せばんごうnumber on back of player's shirt; uniform number
- 背筋せすじspine; line of the backbone
- 伸びのびgrowth; development
- 伸しのしstretching
- 伸び率のびりつgrowth rate; coefficient of extension
- 伸び悩むのびなやむto be sluggish (business); to make little progress
- 急伸きゅうしんsudden rise (esp. of stock prices); jump
- 続伸ぞくしんcontinuous rise (in market price)
- 伸び伸びのびのびcomfortably; peacefully
- 上伸じょうしんrise in market prices
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