お湯(ゆ)

おゆ
noun
hot water
daily-life
See also: 湯(ゆ) (without お prefix)
1. hot water, heated water
Water that has been heated, as opposed to cold water.
Please boil some water.
Pour hot water into the cup noodles.
The water is too hot, so please wait a moment.
お湯(ゆ)が出(で)ない。
No hot water is coming out.
I'll prepare hot water for tea.
I wash my hands with hot water.
お湯(ゆ)が沸(わ)きました。
The water has boiled.
2. bath water
Hot water prepared for bathing.
Let's take a bath.
Shall I add more bath water?
お湯(ゆ)がぬるくなった。
The bath water got lukewarm.
Let me know when the bath is ready.
たまる means 'to accumulate'; here it refers to the bathtub filling up
In winter, I can't warm up unless I take a bath every day.

お湯(ゆ) is the everyday word for hot water. The お is a beautifying prefix, but it is almost always used; 湯(ゆ) alone sounds old-fashioned or literary.

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Japanese has no one word for water of any temperature: cold or room-temperature water is 水(みず), heated water is お湯(ゆ). "Hot water" is never 熱(あつ)い水(みず).