drying place; drying ground
A place where something is laid out or hung to dry, such as laundry, crops, or fish.
I take the laundry to the drying place.
This area used to be a fish drying ground long ago.
drying place; place for drying laundry
Standard kanji spelling for a drying place.
Variant without okurigana; less common but still used.
Alternate kanji 乾 for 'dry'; acceptable but less frequent than 干.
Irregular okurigana usage; rarely encountered.
Compound of 干し (hoshi, 'drying', the continuative form of 干す 'to dry') and 場 (ba, 'place').