干す

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 干す is read ほす and means hanging or spreading something out to dry.
• Basic usage: It is used for hanging laundry outside or spreading harvested beans out for drying.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Action and change of state
  • 洗濯物を干す describes someone putting laundry out to dry.
  • 洗濯物が乾く describes the laundry becoming dry.
• Inflection
  • The past form is 干した.
  • The て-form is 干して.