乾かす

かわかす · kawakasu · JLPT N3 · verb-godan

to dry

👕☀️ 乾 as in 乾杯 kanpai: dry the glass. 乾かす = make something dry

乾く (kawaku) means to become dry. Swapping the ending to -kasu makes it something you do to an object: 乾かす = to dry it. You already know 乾 from 乾杯 (kanpai, cheers), which literally means drain the glass dry.

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