Illustration: After bath time in a Japanese home, a parent directs a handheld hair dryer toward a child's damp hair. One hand lifts a wet, clumped section while the airflow separates another section into loose strands.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

乾かわかす

kawakasu

to dry something

Example sentences

  1. 太陽たいようが地面じめんをからからにかわかした。

    The sun has dried up the ground.

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  2. とにかく服ふくを乾かわかしなさい。

    You must dry your clothes in any case.

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  3. どうして髪かみを乾かわかしているの。

    Why are you drying your hair?

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Kanji in 乾

  • 乾drought; dryOnカン・ケンKunかわく・かわかす・ほす

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