延

Meaning

延 centers on making something longer in time or space: prolonging, stretching out, or extending. The idea applies to both physical stretching and extending deadlines or durations.

• 延長えんちょう
  N2

  extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening

• 延期えんき
  N3

  postponement; deferment; adjournment

• 遅延ちえん

  delay; latency

• 延べのべ
  N1

  futures

• 蔓延まんえん

  spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

• 延命えんめい

  keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support

• 延いてはひいては
  N1

  by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently

• 生き延びるいきのびる

  to survive; to live long

• 延伸えんしん

  stretching; extension; elongation

• 蔓延るはびこる
  N1

  to become overgrown; to grow thick

• 延滞えんたい
  N1

  arrears; (being) overdue; delay (e.g. in payment); procrastination

• 延焼えんしょう

  spread of fire

• 順延じゅんえん

  postponement; moving to a later date

• 間延びまのび

  taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness

• 延喜えんぎ

  Engi era (901.7.15-923.4.11)

• 延髄えんずい

  medulla oblongata

• 圧延あつえん

  rolling; extending by applying pressure

• 繰り延べくりのべ

  postponement

• 延々えんえん
  N1

  endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on

• 万延まんえん

  Man'en era (1860.3.18-1861.2.19)

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