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干し物: things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.) | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

干(ほ)し物(もの)

ほしもの

things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)

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FuriganaEnglish

雨(あめ)が降(ふ)り出(だ)す前(まえ)に、庭(にわ)の干(ほ)し物(もの)を取(と)り込(こ)んでおいた。
I brought in the things drying in the yard before it started to rain.
風(かぜ)が強(つよ)い日(ひ)は、干

(

ほ

)

し

物(もの)

が

飛(と)

ばされないよう、

重(おも)

しを

載(の)

せておく。

On windy days, I place a weight on the things being dried so they do not get blown away.

干(ほ)し物(もの)は裏返(うらがえ)し、両面(りょうめん)に均等(きんとう)に日光(にっこう)を当(あ)てた。

I turned the dried items over and exposed both sides evenly to the sunlight.

長雨(な)が続(あめがつづ)き、干(ほ)し物(もの)がなかなか乾(かわ)かない。

The prolonged rain continues, and the things being dried are not drying easily.