Illustration: On a sunny apartment kitchen windowsill, a forgotten cucumber lies on a small dish, its skin deeply puckered and its once-plump body reduced to a thin, curled shape. A resident discovers it while holding a freshly bought cucumber, whose firm, full body makes the difference immediately clear.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

干ひからびる

hikarabiru

to dry up, to shrivel

Example sentences

オレンジが干ひからびてるよ。
The orange is withered.
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水みずが足たりなくて花はなが干ひからびちゃった。
The flower withered for lack of water.
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冷蔵庫れいぞうこの奥おくでにんじんが干ひからびていた。
A carrot had shriveled up in the back of the fridge.
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Kanji in 干

干dry; parchOnカンKunほす・ほし-・ひる

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