Kanji: 乾 Radical: 乙 (おつ) :
カン;
かわ（く）、かわ（かす）、ほ（す）;
dry
Joyo grade: 8 Stroke count: 11 Index in Nelson dictionary: 784 Index in Halpern dictionary: 1679
| 飲み乾す | のみほす | (v5s) to drink up/ |
| 陰乾し | かげぼし
| (n) drying in the shade/ |
| 干乾し | ひぼし
| (n) starving/ |
| 生乾き | なまがわき
| (n) half-dried/ |
| 積層乾電池 | せきそうかんでんち | layered dry cell (battery)/ |
| 池を乾す | いけをほす
| (exp) to drain off a pond/ |
| 着物を乾かす | きものをかわかす | (exp) to dry clothes/ |
| 天道乾 | てんとうぼし | (adj-no) sun-dried/ |
| 半乾き | はんかわき
| (n) half dry/ |
| 不乾性油 | ふかんせいゆ
| (n) non-drying oil/ |
| 無味乾燥 | むみかんそう
| (adj-na,n) dull and
uninteresting/cut-and-dried/(P)/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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