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Meanings
Noun
1. hot water
What came out of the shower was cold water, not hot.
2. hot bath; hot spring
This really isn't hot spring water, is it?
3. molten iron
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (109 in total)
(plain) hot water; boiled water
hot water; hot bath
hot water and tea; hot drinks (esp. while entertaining)
steam; vapour; vapor
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
to parboil; to scald
hot-water bottle
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
accessories used for bathing; garment used while bathing
woman's loincloth (worn as a kimono underskirt); single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath)
teacup
thin rice gruel; rice water
visiting multiple hot springs; onsen tour
warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water
yuzu bath; hot citron bath
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
bucket used for bathing
preparing a bath; running a bath
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)
water temperature (esp. bath)
boiled water which has cooled; vessel used to cool hot water
steam ironing
women's waistcloth; loincloth; garment worn by nobles when bathing
(plain) hot water; boiled water
after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath
footbath; hot spring bath designed for soaking one's feet
to boil water; to get the bath ready
hot-spring mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite; sinter
scale (i.e. hard water coating in a kettle, etc.); fur
hot spring
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
medicated bath; medicinal hot spring
medicated bath
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
tea ceremony; chanoyu
long, leisurely bath
dizziness caused by prolonged hot bath
boiling (e.g. food)
a baby's first bath
water heater; water boiler
boiling water
source of a hot spring
ginger tea
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
to take a hot bath
kudzu starch gruel
morning bath
quantity of hot spring water
indoor bath using water from a hot-spring
hot and cold water; abundant item; plentiful item
barley tea
soaking (fabric) in lukewarm water (to soften and remove starch); desizing; moistening with steam; blanching (food); parboiling
pouring hot water on oneself before entering the bathtub; hot water poured on oneself before entering the bathtub; pouring hot water on oneself repeatedly (type of hot-spring cure)
hot spring (or bath) which is good for the skin
clothing to absorb dampness after bathing; yukata; twice-boiled rice (for sick persons); (arch.) scoop for removing bilge water; (arch.) bailer
hot salt water; (hot) saltwater bath
drink made of boiled water poured over preserved salted cherry blossoms
bathwater with iris leaves; sweet-flag bath
bathhouse charge
lie-down bath (in a bathhouse or hot spring)
public bath; communal bath
clean, freshly poured bath; hot water just poured into a bath that no one has entered yet
clean, freshly poured bath; hot water just poured into a bath that no one has entered yet
clean, freshly poured bath; hot water just poured into a bath that no one has entered yet
first hot bath on New Year's Day
open air bath (in an inn, onsen, etc.); external hot spring bath
weariness caused by prolonged hot bath
Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health)
sitz bath; hip bath
person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths
fresh bathwater to pour over oneself
public bath located in a city or town
room for boiling water; bathroom; bath
thick malt syrup poured into boiling water and sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink)
hot spring (or bath) which is good for the skin
clean hot bath water for rinsing
herbal bath
mud bath (at an onsen)
hot water (esp. cold mineral spring water heated up at the right temperature for bathing)
upper pool (e.g. in onsen); upper bath
adding more water (to a bath tub)
small (usu. round) bathtub for a single person (in a bathhouse or hot spring)
taking a bath in another's home
one's own bath; (reusing) yesterday's bath water; monthly pass for a public bath
drawing hot water; person who draws hot water; employee who pours clean hot water used for rinsing in a bathhouse; ladle (esp. used in bathhouses)
sitz bath; sitting bath; bath for the lower half of the body; lower pool (e.g. in an onsen); lower bath
hot water used for cleaning up
(addition of) hot water
first bath of the year; first bath in one's life (i.e. for a baby)
sand bath
bathing in a hot spring resort without spending the night
hot spring (or bath) which is good for the skin
unusual onsen bath (e.g. with flowers and fruit placed in the water)
stream of water cascading onto one's back (in an onsen); pelting water; waterfall shower
public bath with mixed bathing
bath of dried leaves (esp. daikon and turnip)
hydro massage bath; bath with a massaging jet
bath with (compartmentalized) ledges for sitting
lie-down bath (in a bathhouse or hot spring)
hot spring (or bath) which is good for the skin
no-poo; hair washing in hot water alone
used bathwater; yesterday's bathwater
private bath (at an onsen, etc.)
fish-bone soup (made by pouring boiling water on fish bones and seasoning it with soy or salt)
single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath)
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Examples (15 in total)
Sugar dissolves in hot water.
Put some salt into the boiling water.
I haven't even drained the bathwater.