How do you say "Please don't drain the tub." in Japanese?

Name: You Had a Bath at a Japanese Home and Pulled the Plug. Three People Were Still Waiting for That Water.
Uploaded: 2026-09-01T02:14:45Z
Duration: 15 s
Description: Learn to say お湯は抜かないでください (oyu wa nukanaide kudasai) — Please don't drain the tub.. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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You Had a Bath at a Japanese Home and Pulled the Plug. Three People Were Still Waiting for That Water.

To say Please don't drain the tub. in Japanese, say お湯は抜かないでください (oyu wa nukanaide kudasai).

You have a bath at your friend's place in Japan, and on the way out you do the polite thing. You pull the plug. Three people were still waiting for that water.

お湯は抜かないでください oyu wa nukanaide kudasai Please don't drain the tub.

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お湯は抜かないでください。 oyu wa nukanaide kudasai. Please don't drain the tub.
お湯、抜いてもいいですか？ oyu, nuite mo ii desu ka? Is it okay if I drain the water?

Kanji in this phrase

お湯は: おゆわ
お湯: おゆ
抜かないで: ぬかないで
抜いて: ぬいて

Why this phrase

In a Japanese house the whole family shares one tub of hot water. You scrub and rinse outside it first, so you get in already clean and the water stays clean for whoever is next, kept hot by the reheat button on the wall. Draining it is the mistake, not the courtesy, and the house rules card says so in one line.