Kanji Details:
- 伸
- Frequency:730
- Kun: の.びる, の.ばす, の.べる, の.す
- On: シン
- Meaning: expand, stretch, extend, lengthen, increase
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 伸び のび, ノビ growth, development; stretching (e.g. body when waking up); spread, elongation, extension, carry (e.g. of sound), sustain 伸し のし stretching; sidestroke (in swimming) 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) 急伸 きゅうしん sudden rise (esp. of stock prices), jump 続伸 ぞくしん continuous rise 伸び伸び のびのび feeling at ease, carefree 伸びやか のびやか comfortable, carefree 伸長 しんちょう expansion, extension, elongation, stretching, uncompression 伸縮 しんしゅく expansion and contraction, elasticity, flexibility