Illustration: On the laundry balcony of a Japanese apartment, a cotton shirt hangs from a hanger in the afternoon breeze. Most of its fabric has become light, crisp, and free-moving, while a small darker damp patch remains near the thick lower seam.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

乾かわく

kawaku

to get dry

Example sentences

  1. 靴下くつしたはもう乾かわいたのですか。

    Are my socks dry already?

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  2. 口くちは乾かわいていました。

    My mouth was dry.

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  3. 私わたしのシャツはまだ乾かわいていないの。

    My shirt isn’t dry yet.

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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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