How to Say ‘The hot water isn't working.’ in Japanese
お湯が出ません。
o yu ga de mase n
[oh yoo gah deh mah-seh n]
💬 Usage Tip: [出ません] literally means "doesn't come out," and that's the normal way to say water, gas, or similar things aren't working. You can reuse the pattern with other things: [水が出ません] or [お金が出ません].
Phrase Breakdown
お湯
o yu
hot water
Used for hot water from a tap, bath, or shower.
お湯が必要です。
I need hot water.
Words in this phrase
お
o
[oh]
honorific prefix o-
お adds politeness to 湯, making お湯, a common word for hot water.
お湯のおは丁寧な言い方です。
The お in お湯 is a polite way of speaking.
湯
yu
[yoo]
hot water
湯 means hot water, especially in bath or sink contexts.
湯が出ません。
Hot water does not come out.
が
ga
[gah]
subject marker
が marks what is doing the action or what is being described. Here it marks お湯 as the thing that does not come out.
お湯が出ません。
Hot water does not come out.
出ません
de mase n
does not come out; does not come out / does not flow
Negative form of 出る; here it means water is not coming out.
水が出ません。
No water comes out.
Words in this phrase
出
de
[deh]
come out; appear
出 is from 出る, meaning to come out. In plumbing, it means water comes out of the tap or shower.
水が出ますが、お湯は出ません。
Cold 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 ending ません.
ませんの中にませがあります。
The part ませ is inside ません.
ん
n
[n]
n; negative ending part
ん completes the polite negative ending and helps make the sentence negative.
んで丁寧な否定になります。
With ん, it becomes a polite negative form.
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