背が伸びる

Reading

Kana: せがのびる
Romaji: seganobiru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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to grow taller (of people)

Kanji

Readings: ハイ、 せ、 せい、 そむ.く、 そむ.ける
Meanings: stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel
Readings: シン、 の.びる、 の.ばす、 の.べる、 の.す
Meanings: expand, stretch, extend, lengthen, increase

Example Sentence

()()びて(はい)らないわよね」「そう、(だん)じて(ふと)ったわけではない!」「成長(せいちょう)したという便利(べんり)言葉(ことば)我々(われわれ)()(ふだ)
➥"We've got taller so they don't fit." "Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat!" "The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card."
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