乾燥する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 乾燥する | 乾燥しない |
| Polite | 乾燥します | 乾燥しません |
| Past polite | 乾燥しました | 乾燥しませんでした |
| Past | 乾燥した | 乾燥しなかった |
| Te-form | 乾燥して | 乾燥しないで |
| Desire | 乾燥したい | 乾燥したくない |
| Potential | 乾燥できる | 乾燥できない |
| Passive | 乾燥される | 乾燥されない |
| Causative | 乾燥させる | 乾燥させない |
| Causative passive | 乾燥させられる | 乾燥させられない |
| Volitional | 乾燥しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 乾燥しましょう | |
| Imperative | 乾燥しろ | 乾燥するな |
| Conditional | 乾燥すれば | 乾燥しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 乾燥したら | 乾燥しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
dryness; aridity; drying; dehydration; desiccation
Covers the state of being dry, the process of drying something, or the removal of moisture. Used for weather, skin, food, laundry, and technical contexts.
冬は空気が乾燥しやすい。
The air tends to be dry in winter.
洗濯物を乾燥機で乾燥させる。
I dry the laundry in the dryer.
insipidity; dullness; dryness (of content)
Used in the compound 無味乾燥 (むみかんそう) to describe something uninteresting or lacking flavor. Rarely used alone in this sense.
See also: 無味乾燥
その講義は無味乾燥で、眠くなった。
The lecture was dry and boring, and I got sleepy.
It takes a while to dry the laundry.
In winter the air gets dry, so it's easy to get a sore throat.
Having the air conditioner on dries out my skin.
Dried fruit makes a great snack.
I use moisturizing cream to prevent my skin from drying out.
乾燥 means dryness or dehydration, the opposite state of having 水分 (moisture) present.
乾燥 describes dryness, the opposite state to びしょ濡れ, which describes being soaking wet.
乾燥 means dryness or low humidity, the direct opposite of 多湿's high humidity.
乾燥 means dryness or dehydration, the direct opposite of the moisture described by 水気.
dry land; arid area
dry season; dry spell; dry period