乾き: drying, driedness / 渇き: thirst

thirst / (figuratively) craving, strong desire

always

area, district, particular geographic region

there are not many, there are few, there is little

rain, rainfall / a rainy weather / (figuratively) something falling like rain

question, problem on homework etc. / a question; a matter (of time etc.) / a problem (something that needs to be dealt with); a trouble / an issue; a matter

rain

rain / (figuratively) something falling like rain / (figuratively) favor, blessing

(idiomatic) more or less