Illustration: Under the sheltered eaves of a Japanese home, peeled persimmons hang individually from strings to dry. One established row has become visibly smaller and wrinkled, while a newly hung row remains plump and moist-looking.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

乾かん燥そう

kansou

to dry, to become dry

Example sentences

  1. 当地とうちは夏なつはひどく湿気しっけが多おおいが、逆ぎゃくに冬ふゆは乾燥かんそうする。

    It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.

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  2. 肌はだが乾燥かんそうしています。

    I have dry skin.

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  3. 果実かじつは天日てんじつで乾燥かんそうさせます。

    The fruits are dried in the sun.

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Kanji in 乾燥

  • 乾drought; dryOnカン・ケンKunかわく・かわかす・ほす
  • 燥parch; dry upOnソウKunはしゃぐ

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