noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
sun-dried; dried in the sun
Describes food, laundry, or other items that have been dried by exposure to sunlight. Often used as a noun modifier (e.g., 日干しのトマト).
Sun-dried tomatoes go well with pasta.
洗濯物を日干しにした。
I hung the laundry out to dry in the sun.
Drying in the shade, the opposite of sun-drying; used for delicate items that might fade or spoil in direct sunlight.
Standard modern spelling; the most frequent written form.
Rarely used kanji form; 乾 is the older character for 'dry'.
Search-only form; not normally used in modern writing.
Abbreviated form, sometimes seen in compounds or product names.
Compound of 日 (hi, 'sun') and 干し (hoshi, 'drying'), from the verb 干す (hosu, 'to dry'). The kanji 乾 is an older character for 'dry' and appears in rare or historical spellings.