Keyword
dry
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig502
Readings
かわ
(50%)
かん
(36%)
けん
(7%)
(1%)
Composed of
ten
early
beg
Mnemonic

You are ten minutes too early for your appointment, and it's raining outside. Only ten minutes left, so what do you do? Do you want to keep dry? If so then you'll have to beg the right people to let you in early.

Used in vocabulary (205 in total)
to get dry
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
drying; dryness
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
drying machine; dryer; desiccator
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack
dry cell; battery
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
heaven and earth; universe
northwest
grocery store; dealer in dried goods
to dry up completely; to become stale
henchman; follower
hay; dry grass
dried noodles
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
henchman; follower
rubdown with a dry towel
polishing with a dry cloth; wiping with a dry cloth
drying quickly
dry season
here's looking at you, kid; (lit.) cheers to your eyes
dry provisions; dried food; dried goods; groceries
dried meat; jerky
quick-drying; fast-drying
dry snacks (e.g. crackers, nuts, dried squid, esp. to go with drinks)
dry plate (photography)
dehydrated vegetables
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to be thirsty
dry season
dried meat; jerky
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
dry fruit (e.g. nuts, legumes, follicles); dried fruit
raisin; raisins
to dry up completely; to become stale
dried meat; jerky
dried fish; stockfish
dried lacquer; dry lacquer (technique); kanshitsu; technique for making objects (vessels, sculptures, statues, etc.) from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
drying oil; linseed oil
to be thirsty
dry towel
dried boiled rice
degree of humidity
dry; dryness; dry (pleurisy)
dry plate (photography)
anhydrobiosis; cryptobiosis; drought dormancy
Kengen era (1302.11.21-1303.8.5)
drying; dried
gandharva (heavenly musicians and protectors of Buddhism)
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
semi-arid; semiarid; semidry
dry weight (of a vehicle, food, etc.)
drying machine; dryer; desiccator
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
completely drying up
dry distillation
otherworld; another world
dry process
dried vegetables
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
sun drying; drying in the sun
freeze-drying; lyophilization
dry; parched
emperor's virtue
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
dry lacquer statue; statue made from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer
drying; dried
to dry up; to shrivel
dried persimmons
dried edible seaweed
strips of dried gourd
freeze-dried powdered miso (usu. salty); instant miso
drying and hardening
dry season; dry spell; dry period
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
something worthless; something impure; something unimportant; (lit.) dried excrement in the shape of a stick
dry distillation
raisin; raisins
dry paddy field
dried leaves; dried daikon leaves
fast drying (clothes)
dried salted salmon
psoriasis
to starve (someone) to death
xerophilous; drought-resistant
dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies
dry lacquer technique; kanshitsu; technique for making objects (vessels, sculptures, statues, etc.) from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer
distilled alcohol made from kaoliang
things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)
hardtack; cracker; hard biscuit
dried hides
dry-heat sterilization; hot-air sterilization
to dry up completely; to become stale
place to dry seaweed
sun-dried fish or vegetables
to drink up; to drain (cup)
raisin; raisins
raisin; raisins
raisin; raisins
raisin; raisins
dried persimmons
dried fish; stockfish
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
dry cough; hacking cough; intentional cough (i.e. to get someone's attention)
dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried
dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried
dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried
Chinese smoked and salted ham
Chinese smoked and salted ham
cold, strong, dry wind
polishing with a dry cloth; wiping with a dry cloth
drying in the shade
drying in the shade
drying place; drying ground
drying place; drying ground
drying quickly
dry rot; dry corrosion
dry rot; dry corrosion
things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)
lye water (for making Chinese noodles)
dried cod
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
dried shrimp
dried leaves (esp. of daikon and turnip)
dried leaves (esp. of daikon and turnip)
dried daikon strips
dried meat; jerky
cracks in drying lumber
dry season; dry spell; dry period
wind drying; drying something by hanging it in a drafty place (e.g. fish)
to dry and harden
poverty-stricken household
dry fruit (e.g. nuts, legumes, follicles); dried fruit
powdered eggs; dehydrated eggs; dried eggs
northwest
North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
clothes dryer; tumble dryer
to starve to death
tumble dryer; rotary dryer (industrial)
to expose to the wind; to dry (something) in the wind
powdered egg; dried whole egg
rice with dried daikon leaves
xeroderma; xerodermia; xerosis; dry skin
Examples (33 in total)
Dry sand absorbs water.
My mouth was dry.
The clothes aren't dry.