N5 Onsen kanji · 20 lines
湯 Kanji
Hot water · Baths · Everyday words
湯 means hot water and can also refer to a bath. The usual everyday word is お湯: warm or hot water for tea, washing, or bathing. It does not have to be boiling. At an onsen, it often means the bathwater.
The two main readings are ゆ, as in 湯船 (bathtub) and 湯気 (steam), and とう, as in 銭湯 (public bathhouse) and 熱湯 (boiling or scalding water). Learn each word's full reading with the examples below.
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お湯をください。
Some hot water, please.
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お湯を沸かして、お茶を入れます。
I boil some water and make tea.
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このお湯は少し熱いです。
This water is a little hot.
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温泉のお湯は気持ちがいいです。
The hot spring water feels nice.
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お湯が出ません。
No hot water is coming out.
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熱湯に気をつけてください。
Please be careful of the scalding water.
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やかんから湯気が出ています。
Steam is coming from the kettle.
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湯船につかると、体が温まります。
Soaking in the bath warms me up.
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湯船に入る前に、体を洗います。
I wash my body before getting into the bath.
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湯船の中では、石けんを使いません。
I do not use soap in the bath itself.
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男湯は右で、女湯は左です。
The men's bath is on the right, and the women's bath is on the left.
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女湯の入り口はこちらです。
The entrance to the women's bath is this way.
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この銭湯には、大きいお風呂があります。
This public bathhouse has a large bath.
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日曜日に友達と銭湯へ行きます。
I go to a public bathhouse with a friend on Sundays.
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この銭湯は夜十一時まで開いています。
This public bathhouse is open until eleven at night.
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湯上がりに、冷たい水を飲みます。
I drink cold water after my bath.
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湯冷めに気をつけてください。
Please be careful not to get chilled after your bath.
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湯飲みにお茶を入れます。
I pour tea into a teacup.
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湯飲みを二つ洗いました。
I washed two teacups.
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寒い夜は湯たんぽを使います。
I use a hot-water bottle on cold nights.