干す

ほす

Also written 乾す

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to air; to dry; to desiccate
2. to drain (off)
3. to drink up
4. to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)

Kanji

• 干 dried. Read as ほす.

Example sentences

• 蒲団を干して下さい。
  Air the futon.
• その猫は水がほしそうだ。
  The cat seems to want some water.
• 日の照るうちに草を干せ。
  Make hay while the sun shines.
• 昨日洗濯物を外に干しっぱなしにしたら、朝にはカチンカチンに凍っていた。
  I hung the laundry out to dry last night and by morning it had frozen hard as a rock.
• 女の人が洗濯物をロープに干しているところだった。
  A woman was hanging the washing on the line.

Common phrases

• 洗濯物を干す
• 天日で干す
• 天日に干す

Related forms

• 干る (ひる) to dry (up) (intransitive partner)

Words containing 干す

• 干し芋 (ほしいも) dried slices of steamed sweet potato
• 干し草 (ほしくさ) hay
• 切り干し大根 (きりぼしだいこん) thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon

And 19 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N2
• Core 5000
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• Examples

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