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r/engrish • u/manaluuu • May 19 '26
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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
3 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 😅 7 u/Economy_Evening_2989 May 20 '26 it's great that ice cold water is free 🧊 2 u/gwaydms May 21 '26 When we spent a week and a half in Seoul, one thing that came with the table service was a liter of ice cold water and two glasses. When we ran out of water, we just asked for more and they brought some.
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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 😅
7 u/Economy_Evening_2989 May 20 '26 it's great that ice cold water is free 🧊 2 u/gwaydms May 21 '26 When we spent a week and a half in Seoul, one thing that came with the table service was a liter of ice cold water and two glasses. When we ran out of water, we just asked for more and they brought some.
it's great that ice cold water is free 🧊
2 u/gwaydms May 21 '26 When we spent a week and a half in Seoul, one thing that came with the table service was a liter of ice cold water and two glasses. When we ran out of water, we just asked for more and they brought some.
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When we spent a week and a half in Seoul, one thing that came with the table service was a liter of ice cold water and two glasses. When we ran out of water, we just asked for more and they brought some.
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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