背伸び – Vocabulary details

背せ伸のび

Noun

Verb (する, intransitive)

1. standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself

一ひと人りになった俺おれは椅い子すから立たち上あがると背せ伸のびをする。Now alone, I stood up from the chair and stretched.

2. overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit

でも無む理りして背せ伸のびしなくていいんじゃないかな。But I don't think you need to force yourself to overreach.

back of the body

stretch

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back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension

背せ伸のびする年としでもないだろう？

You're not at an age where you should be overreaching, are you?

でも無む理りして背せ伸のびしなくていいんじゃないかな。

But I don't think you need to force yourself to overreach.

私わたしは背せ伸のびをして手てを伸のばします。

I stretch on tiptoe and reach out my hand.

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