noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
dryness; aridity; drying; dehydration; desiccation
Covers the state of being dry, the process of drying something, or the removal of moisture. Used for weather, skin, food, laundry, and technical contexts.
冬は空気が乾燥しやすい。
The air tends to be dry in winter.
I dry the laundry in the dryer.
noun, na-adjective
insipidity; dullness; dryness (of content)
Used in the compound 無味乾燥 (むみかんそう) to describe something uninteresting or lacking flavor. Rarely used alone in this sense.
See also: 無味乾燥
その講義は無味乾燥で、眠くなった。
The lecture was dry and boring, and I got sleepy.