干す

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See also: 乾す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
干
ほ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
乾す

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「干す」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		干す ほす
Imperative (命令形) 干せ ほせ
Key constructions
Passive 干される ほされる
Causative 干させる ほさせる
Potential 干せる ほせる
Volitional 干そう ほそー
Negative 干さない ほさない
Negative perfective 干さなかった ほさなかった
Formal 干します ほします
Perfective 干した ほした
Conjunctive 干して ほして
Hypothetical conditional 干せば ほせば

Verb

干(ほ)す • (hosu) transitive godan (stem 干(ほ)し (hoshi), past 干(ほ)した (hoshita))

Japanese verb pair
active 干(ほ)す
mediopassive 干(ひ)る
  1. to dry, to desiccate
  2. (slang) to disfavor, to maltreat
    • 2019 February 5, 英貴 [Hideki], “先(せん)生(せい)、友(とも)達(だち)ってなんですか？”, in 1(いち)年(ねん)A(エー)組(ぐみ)のモンスター, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
      やっぱ　ファッション誌(し)で干(ほ)された人(ひと)は違(ちが)うよね〜　実(じっ)質(しつ)凡(ぼん)人(じん)
      Yappa Fasshon-shi de hosareta hito wa chigau yo ne~ Jisshitsu bonjin
      It figures. People deprived of fashion mags are different, right? Totally basic.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "干す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 干さ ほさ hosa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 干し ほし hoshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 干す ほす hosu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 干す ほす hosu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 干せ ほせ hose
Meireikei ("imperative") 干せ ほせ hose
Key constructions
Passive 干される ほされる hosareru
Causative 干させる
干さす 		ほさせる
ほさす 		hosaseru
hosasu
Potential 干せる ほせる hoseru
Volitional 干そう ほそう hosō
Negative 干さない ほさない hosanai
Negative continuative 干さず ほさず hosazu
Formal 干します ほします hoshimasu
Perfective 干した ほした hoshita
Conjunctive 干して ほして hoshite
Hypothetical conditional 干せば ほせば hoseba

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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