伸のび

noun

growth; development; improvement

Refers to an increase or development in size, amount, ability, performance, sales, and similar measures; often used in phrases such as 伸びが大きい and 伸びが鈍る.

• 子こどもの身しん長ちょうの伸のびが早はやい。

  The child's height is increasing quickly.

• 最さい近きん、売うり上あげの伸のびが鈍にぶっている。

  Recently, sales growth has been slowing.

noun

stretching one's body; a stretch

Only when written 伸び

Used for the physical act of stretching out the body, especially after waking up or when tired; the common construction is 伸びをする.

• 朝あさ起おきて、大おおきく伸のびをした。

  I woke up in the morning and had a big stretch.

noun

spreadability; how well something spreads

Only when written 伸び

Used of substances such as cream, foundation, paint, or ointment to describe how easily a small amount spreads over a surface; common in 伸びがいい.

• このクリームは伸のびがよく、少しょう量りょうで十じゅう分ぶんです。

  This cream spreads well, so a small amount is enough.

noun

elongation; extension; carry or sustain of sound

Covers physical lengthening or extension, and by extension the way a voice or musical sound carries, rings out, or sustains. 伸び is common for stretch and sound; 延び may appear when extension or lengthening is emphasized.

• 実じっ験けんでゴムの伸のびを測そく定ていした。

  We measured the elongation of the rubber in the experiment.

• このバイオリンは音おとの伸のびがいい。

  This violin has good sustain.

noun

nobi; solid extension in Go; thick extension in Go

Only with reading ノビ

Go terminology for a solid, connected extension move. It is usually written in katakana as ノビ rather than with kanji.

• 黒くろは右う辺へんでノビを選えらんだ。

  Black chose a nobi on the right side.