Extension - Spread

Japanese: 延 - はえる

〘Other A next one (Ha next one)〙 Ha, fu 〘Other Ha next two〙 (The transitive form corresponding to "hau") 1. To stretch out thread, string, rope , cloth, sleeves, etc. to a long length. To stretch and spread out. To make them hang long. *Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 5.894 "Like a black rope being sown twice as much." 2. By extension, to make feelings or words reach the other person. To put one's heart into something. To speak to someone. *Kojiki (712) middle, folk song " I roll the watermelon, not knowing how the waves will turn out, How foolish of me, and now I regret it." 3. To increase the number successively. ※Joruri, Yoshino Tadanobu (around 1697) 3 "Counting and looking, this is how ten is said, but four are gone." [Additional note] From around the Muromachi period, it was also used for the ya line. →Hayu (extension)

En [extension]

〘Noun〙① An abbreviation of "en'on" (prolonged sound) or "en'gen" (prolonged speech). ② Meaning "extension." Long. ※Beio Kairan Jikki (1877) by Kume Kunitake: Example: "One English 'acre' is equivalent to twenty steps of four dan in our case, while five 'acres' is equivalent to only one hundred steps in our case."

Ha/Yu [extension]

〘Other Ya Lower 2〙 (A word derived from the Ha-row lower 2 step conjugation "hafu", used from around the Muromachi period) = haeru (extension) ※Nippo-Portuguese Dictionary (1603-04) "Shikimono wo fayuru (hayuru) "

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Japanese:

〘他ア下一（ハ下一）〙は・ふ〘他ハ下二〙 (「はう」に対応する他動詞形)① 糸・紐(ひも)・綱や、布・袖などを長く引きのばす。のばしひろげる。長くはわせる。※万葉（８Ｃ後）五・八九四「墨縄を播倍(ハヘ)たる如く」② 転じて、心情、ことばなどを相手に届くようにする。心をよせる。ことばをかける。※古事記（712）中・歌謡「蓴(ぬなは)繰り波閇(ハヘ)けく知らに我が心しぞいや愚(をこ)にして今ぞ悔しき」③ 数を順次ふやす。※浄瑠璃・吉野忠信（1697頃）三「数へて見ればこはいかに十といひつつ四つはへて」[補注]室町時代頃からヤ行にも活用した。→はゆ（延）