| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 乾く | かわく | to get dry |
| 乾かす | かわかす | to dry (clothes, etc.), to desiccate |
| 乾 | けん | qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest) |
| 乾き | かわき | drying, dryness |
| 乾期 | かんき | dry season |
| 乾漆像 | かんしつぞう | lacquered (wooden) Buddha statue |
| 乾燥 | かんそう | dry, arid, insipid, dehydrated |
| 乾燥剤 | かんそうざい | drying agent |
| 乾燥器 | かんそうき | drying machine, dryer, desiccator |
| 乾燥室 | かんそうしつ | drying room |
| 乾燥材 | かんそうざい | seasoned lumber |
| 乾燥果 | かんそうか | dry fruit (i.e. nuts); dried fruit |
| 乾燥機 | かんそうき | drying machine, dryer, desiccator |
| 乾燥洗濯 | かんそうせんたく | dry cleaning |
| 乾燥牛乳 | かんそうぎゅうにゅう | powdered milk |
| 乾燥腐朽 | かんそうふきゅう | dry rot |
| 乾物 | ほしもの | things dried in the sun, esp. clothes, died cloth, etc. |
| 乾酪 | かんらく | cheese |
| 乾酪素 | かんらくそ | casein |
| 乾電池 | かんでんち | dry cell, battery |