Meaning

Primary

To Dry Something

Alternative

To Hang Dry Something

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means dry and the verb vocab version is to dry something.

Reading

ほす
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: Why do you need to dry something? Because someone used a hose (ほす) and got everything all wet. Ugh, you shouldn't leave that hose out anymore...

Context

Context Sentences

セーターはかんそうきに入れないで、干してねって言ったじゃない。

I told you not to put the sweater in the dryer but to hang dry it.

あの芸人、ぜっ対最近干されてるよね。

I think that comedian has definitely been deprived of any chance to appear on television recently. Don't you agree?

洗濯物を外に干したかったんだけど、物干し竿が壊れちゃって。

I wanted to put our laundry outside to dry, but our clothesline just broke.

Kanji Composition