N2507/1725

乾かん燥そう

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するtransitive verbintransitive verbな adjectiveadjective (generic)

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かんそう

Meanings

dryness, aridity, drying (e.g. clothes), dehydration, desiccation
insipidity

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Example sentences

この地域ちいきは乾燥かんそうした気候きこうで知しられています。

This region is known for its dry climate.

洗濯物せんたくものを乾燥かんそうさせるのに時間じかんがかかった。

It took a long time to dry the laundry.

冬ふゆは空気くうきが乾燥かんそうするので、肌はだの手入ていれが大切たいせつだ。

Because the air becomes dry in winter, taking care of your skin is important.

乾燥かんそうした食品しょくひんは長期間ちょうきかん保存ほぞんすることができる。

Dehydrated foods can be stored for a long period of time.

彼かれのスピーチは内容ないようが乾燥かんそうしていて、聴衆ちょうしゅうの興味きょうみを引ひくことができなかった。

His speech was insipid in content and failed to capture the audience's interest.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)