()

おゆ
noun
hot water
See also: () (without お prefix)
1. hot water, heated water
Water that has been heated, as opposed to cold water.
Please boil some water.
カップラーメン()()れる
Pour hot water into the cup noodles.
The water is too hot, so please wait a moment.
()()ない
No hot water is coming out.
I'll prepare hot water for tea.
I wash my hands with hot water.
The water has boiled.
2. bath water
Hot water prepared for bathing.
Let's take a bath.
Shall I add more bath water?
()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.

() 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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