のび・伸び・延びnobi[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. noungrowth; development
   もう髪かみを切きってもらってもいい時ときですよ。大分だいぶ伸のび過すぎていますよ。↗

   It's high time you had your hair cut; it's grown too long.
2. nounstretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up)
   ふふ、恵一けいいち君くんいつも授業じゅぎょう終おわったら、ノビするよね。↗

   Ha-ha, you always stretch when class is over don't you?
3. noun(ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.)
4. nounelongation; extension; carry (e.g. of sound); sustain
5. noun, gonobi; solid extension; thick extensionusu. ノビ

• Synonym伸長しんちょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. The spread or extension of power and influence, as in 「勢力の伸長」; more formal than 「伸び」.
• Synonym増加ぞうかWrittenFormal. A rise in quantity or number; focuses on the count itself. Use 「増加」 for amounts, 「伸び」 for growth momentum.
• Synonym上昇じょうしょうWrittenFormal. A rise in figures or level, as in 「気温上昇」; stresses going up, while 「伸び」 stresses growth momentum.
• Synonym増大ぞうだいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Growth in scale or magnitude, as in 「負担の増大」; does not refer to stretching the way 「伸び」 can.
• Synonym高まりたかまりNeutralNeutral. A rise or swell of emotion or atmosphere, as in 「関心の高まり」; 「伸び」 covers growth figures and stretching instead.
• SynonymアップCasualColloquial loanword for a rise or boost, as in 「給料アップ」; casual and frequent in speech, unlike the neutral 「伸び」.
• Related膨張ぼうちょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to swelling or expansion in volume — 「予算の膨張」 — stressing things getting bigger; 「伸び」 stresses growth momentum or stretching.
• Related増殖ぞうしょくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Multiplication or proliferation of cells, organisms, etc. — self-driven increase; a biological, technical term.
• Related増進ぞうしんWrittenFormal. Improvement or enhancement of health, ability or appetite, as in 「食欲増進」; stresses strengthening rather than growth momentum.
• Related拡張かくちょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Widening of scope, scale or function, as in 「道路拡張」「機能拡張」; 「伸び」 stresses growth momentum or stretching.
• RelatedましNeutralNeutral. An increase or extra amount, as in 「2割増し」, and also 'preferable' in comparisons; 「伸び」 is about growth or stretching.
• Related加重かじゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Adding weight or burden, or weighting in averaging, as in 「刑の加重」; stresses aggravation, not growth.
• Related増量ぞうりょうNeutralNeutral. An increase in quantity or volume, mostly for products, as in 「増量中」; 「伸び」 is broader, covering growth and stretching.
• RelatedストレッチNeutralNeutral loanword. Stretching exercises or stretch fabric; stresses physical stretching, while 「伸び」 also covers growth and spread.
• Related累加るいかWrittenWritten/formal prose and rather rare. Step-by-step accumulation, adding the same amount in sequence; stresses layering up.
• Related加増かぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose with a historical flavor, originally for increases in stipend or territory; rarely used in modern Japanese.
• Related増ぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Usually follows a number, as in 「前年比10％増」; 「伸び」 stresses the momentum of growth rather than the figure itself.
• Related増分ぞうぶんWrittenWritten/formal prose and mathematical/technical. The amount by which a variable increases; stresses the changing value.
• Related増加分ぞうかぶんWrittenWritten/formal prose. The added portion or amount of increase, as in 「前年比の増加分」; stresses the difference itself.
• Antonym縮みちぢみNeutralNeutral. Shrinkage, as in 「布の縮み」; the direct opposite of 「伸び」 in the sense of stretching or extending.
• Antonym減少げんしょうWrittenFormal. A decrease or decline, as in 「人口減少」; the opposite of 「伸び」 in its sense of growth.

Use 「伸び」 for growth momentum, stretching (「伸びをする」) or how paint spreads, as in 「売上の伸び」. For a rise in quantity pick 「増加」, for rising figures 「上昇」, for swelling atmosphere 「高まり」, for stretching exercises 「ストレッチ」, and for shrinkage 「縮み」. Other words cover narrower or more formal senses: 「膨張」 expansion, 「拡張」 widening scope or function, 「増進」 improving health, 「アップ」 a casual boost, 「増」 after figures like 「前年比10％増」, 「増量」 product volume, 「増分」「増加分」 technical increments, 「減少」 decrease.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 伸のびること。また、その程度ていど。
2. 疲つかれた時ときなどに手足てあしを伸のばすこと。
3. 勢いきおいなどが増ますこと。また、その程度ていど。
4. （伸のび）材料ざいりょうの試験しけん片へんを引っ張ひっぱり、破断はだんさせた後あとの試験しけん片へんの長ながさと試験しけん片へんの元もとの長ながさの割合わりあい。材料ざいりょうの延性えんせいの程度ていどを知しる指標しひょうの一ひとつ。破断はだん伸のびとも。