伸
シン, の.びる, の.ばす, の.べる, の.す, のぶ, よぼる

expand, stretch, extend, lengthen, increase

JLPT2 G7 S7 F730

As per 申# (stretch) + 人 person (→ human agency) → *stretch*; *extend*; *lengthen* → *grow long/tall*; *let grow*; *develop*; *increase*; *straighten* (out); *spread*. Also, *free and easy* and *comfortable* (← relax ← stretch), *go up* (← increase), *be flattened* (← spread smooth) → *be exhausted* (← lie flat in exhaustion).

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