乾

semi-arid; semiarid; semidry

half-dried; partially dried

Word usually written using kana alone

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake

Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

completely drying up

dry dock

dry distillation

otherworld; another world

dry (method); dry-type; without using water

Medicine

psoriasis

dried vegetables

the ways of heaven; the virtue of good health and strength

the ways of men; the path that men should follow

dried leaves (esp. of daikon and turnip)

Noun or verb acting prenominally

dry; parched

emperor's virtue

dried leaves; dried daikon leaves

dry lacquer statue; statue made from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer

humidity meter

dry-bulb

dried edible seaweed

cracks in drying lumber

Derogatory; Buddhism; Ref. to the Buddha in a famous koan; trad. translated as "dried shit stick" (now considered a mistranslation of the orig. Chinese)

something worthless; something impure; something unimportant; dried excrement in the shape of a stick

drying and hardening

dried hides

hay