物干し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物	干
もの Grade: 3	ほ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
物干

Etymology

物(もの) (mono, “thing”) + 干(ほ)し (hoshi, “drying”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 干(ほ)す (hosu, “to dry”))

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ものほし [mònóhóꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) ものほし [mònóhóshíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [mo̞no̞ho̞ɕi]

Noun

物(もの)干(ほ)し • (monohoshi)

drying clothes
a place for drying clothes
Hyponyms: 物干し綱 (monohoshizuna, “clothesline”), 物干し台 (monohoshidai, “clotheshorse or drying frame”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN