Nobinayamu

伸び悩む (Nobinayamu) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to be sluggish, to make little progress, to show little growth, to fail to improve”.

Meanings

  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth; to fail to improve; to level off; to not grow as much as expected

Kanji in 伸び悩む

expandtrouble

Related words

to be worriedto grow long (e.g. hair, nails)to stretchstretchingyawncomfortablyworldly desires(mental) agonyto stretch largerpostscriptto hold outgrowth