()

おゆ
noun
hot water
1. hot water, heated water
Water that has been heated, as opposed to cold water.
()()かしてください。
Please boil some water.
カップラーメンにお()()れる。
Pour hot water into the cup noodles.
()(あつ)すぎるので、(すこ)()ってください。
The water is too hot, so please wait a moment.
()()ない。
No hot water is coming out.
(ちゃ)のためにお()準備(じゅんび)する。
I'll prepare hot water for tea.
()()(あら)う。
I wash my hands with hot water.
()()きました。
The water has boiled.
2. bath water
Hot water prepared for bathing.
()(はい)りましょう。
Let's take a bath.
()()しましょうか。
Shall I add more bath water?
()がぬるくなった。
The bath water got lukewarm.
()がたまったら(おし)えてね。
Let me know when the bath is ready.
たまる means 'to accumulate'; here it refers to the bathtub filling up
(ふゆ)毎日(まいにち)()(はい)らないと(からだ)(あたた)まらない。
In winter, I can't warm up unless I take a bath every day.

() is the polite/everyday word for hot water. The お prefix is honorific but is almost always used; () alone sounds old-fashioned or literary.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • ()()かす (to boil water)
  • ()()れる (to pour/add hot water)
  • ()()る (hot water comes out)
  • ()(はい)る (to take a bath)

RELATED WORDS:

  • (みず) (cold water)
  • (ぬる)い (lukewarm)
  • (あつ)い (hot)

NOTE: In bath contexts, お()(はい)る means 'to take a bath' (literally 'to enter the hot water').

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