Overgrown in Japanese
In Japanese
伸び放題
nobihōdai
Definition
Definition in EnglishGrown too long, too thick or too wild because nobody has cut it back.
Definition in Japanese誰も切らないので、長く、濃く、好き勝手に伸びてしまっている。
Example sentences
あそこの芝生、何か月もほったらかしで完全に伸び放題だね。
Nobody's touched that lawn in months — it's completely overgrown.
家の前の植え込みが伸び放題で、もう窓がほとんど見えないよ。
The bushes out front are overgrown — you can hardly see the windows anymore.