干す · godan verb (-su)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 干す | 干さない |
| Polite | 干します | 干しません |
| Past polite | 干しました | 干しませんでした |
| Past | 干した | 干さなかった |
| Te-form | 干して | 干さないで |
| Desire | 干したい | 干したくない |
| Potential | 干せる | 干せない |
| Passive | 干される | 干されない |
| Causative | 干させる | 干させない |
| Causative passive | 干させられる | 干させられない |
| Volitional | 干そう | |
| Polite volitional | 干しましょう | |
| Imperative | 干せ | 干すな |
| Conditional | 干せば | 干さなければ |
| Tara conditional | 干したら | 干さなかったら |
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.
I hang the laundry out to dry on the balcony.
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.
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.
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.
After his remarks became a problem, he was kept out of work for a while.
Since the weather was nice, I hung the laundry outside to dry.
We drained the pond and cleaned it out.
After the scandal, he was frozen out of work by the TV station.
The fisherman dried the fish he caught in the sun.
sun-dried; dried in the sun
drink up; drain; empty a glass
dried persimmons
hay; dry grass
dried daikon strips
drying place; drying ground
laundry hung out to dry; things dried in the sun
whole dried small fish; whole dried daikon
sun-dried fish or vegetables
salted and dried; salt-dried
drying laundry outside; outdoor drying
drying at night; night drying
prune; dried plum
dried meat; jerky
dried sweet potato strips
shrunken head