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伸びる

のびる

to stretch, to grow

Mnemonic

A person reaching up and then carrying on reaching. The same no-bus のび as 伸ばす, except that nobody stretched this one: your hair has been at it for months: のびる.

Built from

stretch, extend
亻 person + 申 speak

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