I Love Kanji干す (hosu)
干す (ほす, hosu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to air; to dry”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ほす
- Romaji
- hosu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to air; to dry; to desiccate · godan verb, transitive
- to drain (off) · godan verb, transitive
- to drink up · godan verb, transitive
- to deprive of a role, job, etc. · godan verb, transitive · usu. in the passive
Example sentences
なんで途中から突然干されるようになってしまったんだろうか。
I wonder why he was suddenly dropped from the team half way through.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 干す
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 干す | ほす hosu |
| Polite (~masu) | 干します | ほします hoshimasu |
| Negative | 干さない | ほさない hosanai |
| Polite negative | 干しません | ほしません hoshimasen |
| Past | 干した | ほした hoshita |
| Polite past | 干しました | ほしました hoshimashita |
| Negative past | 干さなかった | ほさなかった hosanakatta |
| Te-form | 干して | ほして hoshite |
| Potential | 干せる | ほせる hoseru |
| Passive | 干される | ほされる hosareru |
| Causative | 干させる | ほさせる hosaseru |
| Volitional | 干そう | ほそう hosou |
| Imperative | 干せ | ほせ hose |
| Conditional (~ba) | 干せば | ほせば hoseba |
Kanji in 干す
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 干す.
干渉かんしょうinterference若干じゃっかんsome梅干しうめぼしumeboshi干しほしdrying干し物ほしものthings dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)
Source: JMdict entry 1603510 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.