To Get Dry
To Become Dry, To Be Dried
intransitive verb, godan verb
Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means dry. This verb vocab version is to get dry, to become dry, or to be dried. You're not doing the drying, it's just happening. That's coo', you say, things can get dry all by themselves.
The 川 (かわ) has started to get dry. Need to use less water around here otherwise it'll become completely dry.
洗濯物はまだ乾いていません。
Our laundry hasn’t dried yet.
プランターの土が乾いてきたので水をやりました。
The soil in the planter was getting dry, so I gave it some water.
「足を三発撃たれたみたいだ」と、ビエトは乾いた声で言った。
"Looks like I got shot in the leg three times," Viet said in a dry voice.