In Japanese, "dry" is 乾いた (Kawaita). It is a adjective pronounced "kah-wah-ee-tah".
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乾いた is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as Kawaita, it sounds roughly like "kah-wah-ee-tah" to an English ear.
外に出した洗濯物が乾いています。
Soto ni dashita sentakumono ga kawaite imasu.
The laundry I put outside has dried.
Kawaita (乾いた) is the past-participle form of kawaku (to dry). In natural speech, kawatte imasu or kawaite iru is used to describe something currently dry. It is used for clothes, skin, and air.
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Buy on Steam乾いた is romanised as Kawaita. Say it roughly like "kah-wah-ee-tah" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
乾いた is a na-adjective or noun-adjective. It is neutral in register and fits naturally in both casual and polite sentences. Add na before a noun, or use desu for a polite predicate.
乾いた is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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