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乾燥 (かんそう, kansou) Japanese meaning: dryness | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 乾燥する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 乾かん 燥そう する 乾かん 燥そう しない Polite 乾かん 燥そう します 乾かん 燥そう しません Past polite 乾かん 燥そう しました 乾かん 燥そう しませんでした Past 乾かん 燥そう した 乾かん 燥そう しなかった Te-form 乾かん 燥そう して 乾かん 燥そう しないで Desire 乾かん 燥そう したい 乾かん 燥そう したくない Potential 乾かん 燥そう できる 乾かん 燥そう できない Passive 乾かん 燥そう される 乾かん 燥そう されない Causative 乾かん 燥そう させる 乾かん 燥そう させない Causative passive 乾かん 燥そう させられる 乾かん 燥そう させられない Volitional 乾かん 燥そう しよう Polite volitional 乾かん 燥そう しましょう Imperative 乾かん 燥そう しろ 乾かん 燥そう するな Conditional 乾かん 燥そう すれば 乾かん 燥そう しなければ Tara conditional 乾かん 燥そう したら 乾かん 燥そう しなかったら
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冬ふゆ
は
空くう
気き
が
乾かん
燥そう
し
やすい
。
The air tends to be dry in winter.
I dry the laundry in the dryer.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 乾かん 燥そう させる to dry (something) out
It takes a while to dry the laundry.
空くう 気き が 乾かん 燥そう する for the air to become dry
In winter the air gets dry, so it's easy to get a sore throat.
肌はだ が 乾かん 燥そう する for one's skin to become dry
Having the air conditioner on dries out my skin.
乾かん 燥そう した 〈 物もの 〉 dried (food, fruit, etc.)
Dried fruit makes a great snack.
乾かん 燥そう を 防ふせ ぐ to prevent dryness
I use moisturizing cream to prevent my skin from drying out.
Transitive / intransitive 乾燥 can be used both transitively and intransitively as a suru-verb: intransitively as in 空気が乾燥する (the air becomes dry), and transitively as in 食品を乾燥する (to dry food).
Related words· 6 乾燥 is a formal noun/suru-verb often used in technical, weather, or skincare contexts, while 乾く is the everyday intransitive verb meaning 'to become dry'.
乾かす is a plain transitive verb meaning 'to dry something', while 乾燥 is the more formal noun/suru-verb used in technical or written contexts for the same action.
乾燥 is a formal or technical term for drying/dryness (used for climate, industrial processes, etc.), while 干し is the everyday word implying drying in the sun or air, as in 干し柿.
乾燥 is the standard Japanese noun/verb for physical dryness or drying, whereas ドライ is a katakana adjective often used in product descriptions, skin, and style contexts.
Show 2 more 乾燥 means drying in a general sense (e.g. air-drying), while 脱水 specifically refers to forcibly removing water, as in a washing machine's spin cycle or industrial dehydration.
乾燥 is a formal, technical word for dryness or dehydration, whereas パサパサ is a casual, sensory description of texture.
Opposites· 7 乾燥 refers to dryness or the removal of moisture, while 湿気 refers to moisture or humidity in the air.
乾燥 means dryness, the opposite condition to 湿, which refers to moisture or dampness.
乾燥 means dryness, the direct opposite of the physical moisture sense of 潤い.
Show 4 more Written forms 乾かん 燥そう Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling for dryness, dehydration, and drying processes.
かんそう Usage 1%
Etymology Compound of 乾 (かん, 'dry') and 燥 (そう, 'parch'). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of drying or dehydration.
水すい 分ぶん
N3
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.
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dry season; dry spell; dry period
Show 5 more drying room
seasoned lumber; dried wood
dry fruit (botany) · dried fruit (food)
drying furnace; drying oven
xerosis; dryness condition
