伸び

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伸
の Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
延び

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) のび​ [nòbíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [no̞bʲi]

Noun

伸(の)び or 伸(ノ)び • (nobi) 

1. a stretch, the act of stretching

   あくびまじりの伸(の)びをする

   akubi majiri no nobi o suru

   have a yawn and a stretch

2. extension, elongation, the quality of stretching

   この餅(もち)の伸(の)びがいい

   kono mochi no nobi ga ii

   this mochi has good stretch

3. growth, development

   輸(ゆ)出(しゅつ)の伸(の)びを抑(おさ)える

   yushutsu no nobi o osaeru

   constrain the growth of exports

4. ability or tendency to spread

   伸(の)びが良(よ)いファンデーション

   nobi ga yoi fandēshon

   foundation makeup that spreads easily

5. (go) a move that extends one’s own line of stones (counters)
   • 2008 April 14, Joryū Hon'inbō [Lady Grandmaster], “Kado ni sematte karamizeme [Seminar on dealing with corners]”, in Yomiuri Shimbun onrain‎^[1]:

     １(いち)図( ず)、白(しろ)１０(じゅう)の伸(の)びはやむを得(え)ません。

     Ichi zu, shiro jū no nobi wa yamu o emasen.

     In figure 1, White cannot avoid nobi (extending) with stone 10.

See also

• 伸(の)びる (nobiru, “to stretch, grow”, intransitive)
• 伸(の)ばす (nobasu, “to grow, spread”, transitive)
• 伸(の)べる (noberu, “to lengthen, unfold”, transitive)