Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “背が伸びる”

背が伸びる

せがのびる

to grow taller (of people)

Example sentence

"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."

Kanji details

背

・stature

・height

・back

・behind

・disobey

・defy

・go back on

・rebel

伸

・expand

・stretch

・extend

・lengthen

・increase