Illustration: At a Japanese apartment’s kitchen sink in winter, a resident examines the back of one hand after removing a washing-up glove. The knuckles look visibly flaky and rough, with tiny pale scales along the finger joints.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

カサカサ

kasakasa

dry and rough

Example sentences

  1. リップ持もってる？唇くちびるがカサカサなの。

    Do you have some lip balm? My lips are dry.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 毎年冬まいとしふゆになると唇くちびるがカサカサに乾燥かんそうしてしまいます。

    I get chapped lips every winter.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 冬ふゆの冷つめたい風かぜに何時間なんじかんもさらされていたせいで肌はだがカサカサになった。

    After spending hours out in the cold winter wind, my skin got all chapped and dry.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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