Japanese

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Etymology

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Alternative spellings
干物
干し物
乾物
乾し物

Compound of 干し (hoshi, drying, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of transitive verb 干す (hosu, to dry something out)) +‎ (mono, thing).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ほしもの (hoshimono

  1. dry goods, particularly dried foodstuffs
  2. one's drying: laundry or other textiles, such as dying, set out in the sun to dry

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN