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背伸び [news2,nf38] ；背延び [rK] ；背のび [sK]
【せのび [news2,nf38] ；せいのび】

1.	[n,vs,vi] ▶ standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller ▶ stretching oneself
2.	[n,vs,vi] ▶ overreaching oneself ▶ overstretching oneself ▶ trying to do something beyond one's ability ▶ pushing to the limit

Conjugations

History:

12.	A 2025-04-14 08:27:12 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
11.	A* 2025-04-14 05:59:04 GM <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	背伸び　 342,501 97.0% 背のび　 5,322 1.5% - sK 背延び　 133 0.0% せのび　 5,018 1.4% せいのび 190 0.1%
	Diff:	@@ -10 +10,2 @@ -<keb>背のび</keb> +<keb>背延び</keb> +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> @@ -13,2 +14,2 @@ -<keb>背延び</keb> -<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> +<keb>背のび</keb> +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
10.	A 2022-08-02 02:06:22 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5: straightening 「up [one's back]; stretching. tippy toeing 1144 tippy toe 3069
	Comments:	A key aspect of this term is the stretching, and that gloss really didn't reflect that or contribute to the overall explanation. I don't think it added anything useful.
9.	A* 2022-08-02 00:54:26 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Very common in AmE. Definitely informal but I wouldn't call it children's slang.
8.	A* 2022-08-02 00:49:59 hiroto42 <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Tippy toe is in webster - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tippy-toe
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7.	A 2022-08-01 02:33:25 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5 (has せいのび)
	Comments:	"tippy toeing" sounds like children's slang. Needed?
	Diff:	@@ -20,0 +21,3 @@ +<r_ele> +<reb>せいのび</reb> +</r_ele> @@ -27 +29,0 @@ -<gloss>tippy toeing</gloss>
6.	A* 2022-08-01 02:27:51 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮ │ 背伸び │ 342,501 │ 97.0% │ │ 背のび │ 5,322 │ 1.5% │ │ 背延び │ 133 │ 0.0% │ 🡠 rK (daijs) │ せのび │ 5,018 │ 1.4% │ ╰─ーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
	Diff:	@@ -13,0 +14 @@ +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
5.	A* 2022-08-01 01:43:51 hiroto42 <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -25,0 +26 @@ +<gloss>tippy toeing</gloss>
4.	A 2022-01-15 08:02:06 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	mk
	Diff:	@@ -22,0 +23 @@ +<pos>&vi;</pos> @@ -28,0 +30 @@ +<pos>&vi;</pos>
3.	A 2018-07-18 14:02:20 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	G n-grams
	Comments:	reordering
	Diff:	@@ -10 +10 @@ -<keb>背延び</keb> +<keb>背のび</keb> @@ -13 +13 @@ -<keb>背のび</keb> +<keb>背延び</keb>
2.	A 2010-11-10 23:58:38 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -24,1 +24,1 @@ -<gloss>stretch oneself</gloss> +<gloss>stretching oneself</gloss> @@ -29,2 +29,2 @@ -<gloss>overreach oneself</gloss> -<gloss>overstretch oneself</gloss> +<gloss>overreaching oneself</gloss> +<gloss>overstretching oneself</gloss>
1.	A* 2010-11-10 19:05:28 Scott
	Refs:	daijs daijr koj gg5
	Diff:	@@ -8,0 +8,6 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>背延び</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>背のび</keb> @@ -17,1 +23,1 @@ -<gloss>standing on tiptoe</gloss> +<gloss>standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller</gloss> @@ -19,0 +25,4 @@ +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&vs;</pos> @@ -20,0 +30,3 @@ +<gloss>overstretch oneself</gloss> +<gloss>trying to do something beyond one's ability</gloss> +<gloss>pushing to the limit</gloss>

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