湯気(ゆげ)

ゆげ
noun
steam; vapor
1. steam; vapor
The visible mist rising from hot water or food. Specifically refers to water vapor that can be seen.
お風呂(ふろ)から湯気(ゆげ)が立(た)っている。
Steam is rising from the bath.
熱(あつ)い料理(りょうり)から湯気(ゆげ)が出(で)ている。
Steam is coming from the hot food.
湯気(ゆげ)で眼鏡(めがね)が曇(くも)った。
My glasses fogged up from the steam.
ラーメンから湯気(ゆげ)が立(た)ち上(のぼ)って、とても美味(おい)しそうだった。
Steam was rising from the ramen, and it looked very delicious.
寒(さむ)い朝(あさ)に窓(まど)を開(あ)けたら、台所(だいどころ)の湯気(ゆげ)が外(そと)に流(なが)れて白(しろ)い雲(くも)のように見(み)えた。
When I opened the window on a cold morning, the steam from the kitchen flowed outside and looked like a white cloud.

湯気(ゆげ) specifically refers to the visible mist that rises from hot water or food — the white vapor you can see. It is an everyday word commonly associated with baths, cooking, and hot drinks.

WORD FORMATION:
湯(ゆ) (hot water) + 気(げ/け) (vapor, spirit).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 湯気(ゆげ)が立(た)つ: steam rises
  • 湯気(ゆげ)が出(で)る: steam comes out
  • 湯気(ゆげ)が立(た)ち上(のぼ)る: steam rises up
  • 湯気(ゆげ)で曇(くも)る: to fog up from steam (glasses, mirrors)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 湯気(ゆげ): visible steam from hot water/food (everyday)
  • 蒸気(じょうき): steam (technical; also steam engines, steam power)
  • 水蒸気(すいじょうき): water vapor (scientific term)
  • 煙(けむり): smoke (from fire/burning — different substance)

Related Words

Related: 蒸気(じょうき) (technical)
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Added 2026.1.13 16:50 · Revised 2026.4.3 12:01
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