Onsen articles

N5 Onsen kanji · 20 lines

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Hot water · Baths · Everyday words

means hot water and can also refer to a bath. The usual everyday word is : 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 , as in 湯船ゆぶね (bathtub) and 湯気ゆげ (steam), and とう, as in 銭湯せんとう (public bathhouse) and 熱湯ねっとう (boiling or scalding water). Learn each word's full reading with the examples below.

  • ください

    Some hot water, please.

  • かしてちゃれます

    I boil some water and make tea.

  • このすこあつです

    This water is a little hot.

  • 温泉おんせん気持きもいいです

    The hot spring water feels nice.

  • ません

    No hot water is coming out.

  • 熱湯ねっとうをつけてください

    Please be careful of the scalding water.

  • やかんから湯気ゆげています

    Steam is coming from the kettle.

  • 湯船ゆぶねつかるからだあたたまります

    Soaking in the bath warms me up.

  • 湯船ゆぶねはいまえからだあらいます

    I wash my body before getting into the bath.

  • 湯船ゆぶねなかせっけん使つかいません

    I do not use soap in the bath itself.

  • 男湯おとこゆみぎ女湯おんなゆひだりです

    The men's bath is on the right, and the women's bath is on the left.

  • 女湯おんなゆぐちこちらです

    The entrance to the women's bath is this way.

  • この銭湯せんとうおおきい風呂ふろあります

    This public bathhouse has a large bath.

  • 日曜日にちようび友達ともだち銭湯せんとうきます

    I go to a public bathhouse with a friend on Sundays.

  • この銭湯せんとうよる十一時じゅういちじまでいています

    This public bathhouse is open until eleven at night.

  • 湯上ゆあがりつめたいみずみます

    I drink cold water after my bath.

  • 湯冷ゆざをつけてください

    Please be careful not to get chilled after your bath.

  • 湯飲ゆのちゃれます

    I pour tea into a teacup.

  • 湯飲ゆのふたあらいました

    I washed two teacups.

  • さむよるたんぽ使つかいます

    I use a hot-water bottle on cold nights.