伸び悩む (のびなやむ) — to be sluggish

伸び悩む is read のびなやむ and listed as a verb. Meaning: to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth.

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 伸び悩む.

  • 欠伸 あくび yawn
  • 伸し のし stretching
  • 伸縮 しんしゅく expansion and contraction
  • 追伸 ついしん postscript
  • 伸び のび growth
  • 急伸 きゅうしん sudden rise (esp. of stock prices)
  • 苦悩 くのう (mental) agony
  • 悩み なやみ trouble
  • 悩む なやむ to be worried
  • 煩悩 ぼんのう worldly desires
  • 悩ます なやます to afflict