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延: extend

extend; postpone; stretch
8 strokesElementary · Grade 6 (5級)in 28 words here

Readings

On
エン
Kun
のびる・のべる・のべ・のばす

えん: 延期(えんき), 延長(えんちょう). 延びる(のびる) "be extended", 延ばす(のばす) "extend; put off".

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Key words

延期えんきpostponement
延長えんちょうextension
延びるのびるto be postponed; to be extended
延ばすのばすto extend; to postpone
延べのべtotal; cumulative

Example sentences

Because of the rain, the sports day was postponed to next week.

We will extend the meeting time by thirty minutes.

I got the homework deadline extended by a week.

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