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背が伸びる
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 背が伸びる.
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1
to grow taller (of people)
Examples
「背が伸びて入らないわよね」「そう、断じて太ったわけではない！」「成長したという便利な言葉は我々の切り札」
"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."
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