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乾く

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 乾く

Godan verb
Intransitive
Freq #2618
1

to get dry

Examples
そのぬれたシャツはすぐに乾くだろう。
The wet shirt will soon dry up.

Kanji in this Word

11 strokes
Frequency: 1453
JLPT N2
Grade 8

Meanings

drought
dry
desiccate
drink up
heaven
emperor

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
カン
ケン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
かわ.く
かわ.かす
ほ.す
ひ.る
いぬい
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