Chinese edit

to stretch; to extend
 
to spread out; to postpone; to unfold
to spread out; to postpone; to unfold; to use
simp. and trad.
(伸展)

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Verb edit

伸展

  1. to stretch; to expand; to spread

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Adjective edit

伸展 (Southwestern Mandarin)

  1. (Sichuanese) comfortable
  2. (Sichuanese) flat; smoothed out
  3. (Sichuanese) clear; distinct
  4. (Sichuanese, Dafang) pretty; neat
  5. (Sichuanese) smooth; unhindered
  6. (Dafang) wealthy
  7. (Dafang) straight
  8. (Dafang) eloquent

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: S
てん
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology edit

(expansion) +‎ (spreading)

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Noun edit

(しん)(てん) (shinten

  1. (anatomy) extension
    Antonym: 屈曲 (kukkyoku)
    Coordinate terms: 回外 (kaigai), 回旋 (kaisen), 外転 (gaiten), 回内 (kainai), 内転 (naiten)
    (あし)(くっ)(きょく)(しん)(てん)は、()(かん)(せつ)(ひざ)(かん)(せつ)および(あし)(かん)(せつ)3(みっ)つの(かん)(せつ)によって(おこな)われる(どう)()である。
    Ashi no kukkyoku to shinten wa, kokansetsu, hizakansetsu oyobi ashikansetsu no mittsu no kansetsu ni yotte okonawareru dōsa de aru.
    The flexion and extension of the legs are the movement performed by three joints; a hip joint, a knee joint and ankle joint.
  2. An act of expansion and spreading of a range, scale or influence
    Synonyms: 拡張 (kakuchō), 拡大 (kakudai), 発展 (hatten)
    Antonyms: 縮小 (shukushō), 鎮火 (chinka)
    (はじ)まりはケチな(ごう)(とう)()(けん)だったが、バスジャック()(けん)(しん)(てん)したことでメディアなど(しゅう)(じん)(かん)()(なか)(げき)(じょう)(がた)(はん)(ざい)となってしまった。
    Hajimari wa kechi na gōtō jiken datta ga, basujakku jiken ni shinten shita koto de media nado shūjin kanshi no naka no gekijōgata hanzai to natte shimatta.
    The beginning was just a robbery, but after having extended for a bus hijacking case, it has become a theater-story-like-crime by being exposed in the media and drawing public attentions.

Verb edit

(しん)(てん)する (shinten surusuru (stem (しん)(てん) (shinten shi), past (しん)(てん)した (shinten shita))

  1. (anatomy) to extend
    Synonym: 伸ばす (nobasu)
  2. To expand and spread of a range, scale or influence.

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References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN