表層形
背のび
セノビ
名詞
背のび (セノビ)
Senobi · せのび — standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller, stretching oneself; overreaching oneself, overstretching oneself, trying to do something beyond one's ability, pushing to the limit
Other ways to say “stretching oneself” in Japanese →
背のび in rōmaji: senobi.
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Updated: 2026年8月14日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
背のび
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| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
背伸び
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| 読み (Reading) |
セノビ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
背のび
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| 読み・基本形 |
セノビ
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| 表記・基本形 |
背のび
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| 見出し語の読み |
セノビ
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💡 English Meaning
背のび means “standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller, stretching oneself; overreaching oneself, overstretching oneself, trying to do something beyond one's ability, pushing to the limit” — full definition & examples →
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セノビ
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The surface form (背のび) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (背伸び) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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