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N3 う-verb (す), Transitive verb

()to air, to dry, to desiccate, to drain (off), to drink up, to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)

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    1. う-verb (す), Transitive verb

      1.

      to air, to dry, to desiccate

    2. う-verb (す), Transitive verb

      2.

      to drain (off)

    3. う-verb (す), Transitive verb

      3.

      to drink up

    4. う-verb (す), Transitive verb

      4.

      to deprive of a role, job, etc.

      usu. in the passive

    All Forms

    干す 【ほす】乾す 【ほす】

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    Examples

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      (ぼく)毎日(まいにち)仕事(しごと)洗濯(せんたく)(もの)()(こと)です。

      My daily job is to hang dry the laundry.

      • N3

      (あめ)()れてしまった教科書(きょうかしょ)とノートを()()

      To hang-dry textbooks and notebooks that have been soaked by the rain in the sun.

      • N3

      自分(じぶん)(おか)してしまった失態(しったい)により(やく)()されてしまった。

      The role dried up due to a blunder I had committed.

      • N3

      今日(きょう)天気(てんき)()いので日向(ひなた)()布団(ぶとん)敷布団(しきぶとん)()(こと)にしました。

      The weather is nice today, so I decided to hang my quilt and mattress in the sun.

      • N3

      地域(ちいき)(ひと)から、この(あた)りの名産(めいさん)(ひん)日光(にっこう)(した)でよく()された干物(ほしもの)だと()きました。

      I was told by a local resident that the specialty of this area is dried fish that has been well dried under the sun.

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