Illustration: On a Japanese apartment balcony, a resident lifts a freshly washed towel from a laundry basket and spreads it fully across a drying rail. A few droplets fall from its lower edge, while neighboring shirts hang separately on hangers and stir in the breeze.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

干ほす

hosu

to air, to dry

Example sentences

  1. この座布団ざぶとんを干ほして下ください。

    Please air the zabuton.

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  2. その靴くつを干ほしておきなさい。

    Air those shoes!

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  3. 蒲団ふとんを干ほして下ください。

    Air the futon.

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Kanji in 干

  • 干dry; parchOnカンKunほす・ほし-・ひる

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