How to Say ‘Does not come out / is not coming out’ in Japanese
が出ません
ga de mase n
[ga de mah-seh n]
💬 Usage Tip: With things like water, gas, or electricity, Japanese often uses [出る] for "come out" or "work": [水が出る] = water comes out. So [出ません] is a very useful way to say something isn't coming through or functioning.
Phrase Breakdown
が
ga
[ga]
subject marker
が marks the thing being talked about as the subject.
お湯が出ません。
Hot water does not come out.
出
de
[de]
come out; appear
出 is from 出る, meaning to come out, flow, or appear.
水が出ますが、お湯は出ません。
Water comes out, but hot water does not.
ませ
mase
[mah-seh]
polite negative stem part
ませ is the middle part of the polite negative form ません.
出ませんから、こまります。
Because it does not come out, that is a problem.
ん
n
[n]
negative ending sound
ん completes ません, the polite negative ending.
お湯が出ませんので、見てください。
The hot water does not come out, so please check it.
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