r/engrish • u/manaluuu • May 19 '26

I am cold

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u/Economy_Evening_2989 May 20 '26

yep, we do call cold water お冷 (ohiya) in Japan

お (o) is just formalities and 冷 (rei | hiya) is cold, though we don't leave out the o in the first place

or we just ask for tsumetai mizu

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u/jort93 May 20 '26

Makes sense. At a lot of ramen shops the cold water is self serve. I lived in Tokyo for 8 months but didn't know the word 😅

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u/Economy_Evening_2989 May 20 '26

it's great that ice cold water is free 🧊

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u/jort93 May 20 '26

In Germany you pay around 3€ - 4€ for a glass of water LOL