干ほす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

dry; air out; hang out to dry

Transitive verb for putting wet or damp things where air or sunlight can dry them; common with 洗濯物, 布団, 魚, and similar nouns.

• ベランダに洗せん濯たく物ものを干ほす。

  I hang the laundry out to dry on the balcony.

• 晴はれた日ひに布ふ団とんを干ほした。

  I aired out the futon on a sunny day.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

drain off; dry out by removing water

Used when water is drained or removed from a place or container, leaving it dry or emptied; more limited than the everyday laundry sense.

• 田たの水みずを干ほしてから作さ業ぎょうを始はじめた。

  They drained the water from the rice field before starting work.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

drink up; empty a cup

Usually describes draining a cup or glass completely. In modern Japanese, the compound 飲み干す is often the more explicit everyday expression.

• 彼かれは杯さかずきを一いっ気きに干ほした。

  He drained the cup in one gulp.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

deprive of work; sideline; blacklist from roles

Most often used in the passive, as in 仕事を干される or 役を干される, meaning that someone is no longer being given work, roles, or opportunities.

• 発はつ言げんが問もん題だいになり、彼かれはしばらく仕し事ごとを干ほされた。

  After his remarks became a problem, he was kept out of work for a while.