How do you say "cooling mode" in Japanese?

Name: Your Tokyo Hotel AC Is Running and the Room Is Still Thirty Degrees. Read One Word on the Remote.
Uploaded: 2026-08-21T18:31:58Z
Duration: 23 s
Description: Learn to say 冷房 (reibō) — cooling mode. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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Your Tokyo Hotel AC Is Running and the Room Is Still Thirty Degrees. Read One Word on the Remote.

To say cooling mode in Japanese, say 冷房 (reibō).

The AC's on. Air's coming out. The room is not getting cooler.

冷房 reibō cooling mode

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In this video

冷房にしてください。 reibō ni shite kudasai. Please set it to cooling.
冷房が効きません。 reibō ga kikimasen. The cooling isn't working.

Kanji in this phrase

冷房: れいぼう
送風: そうふう

Why this phrase

Japanese wall units run modes, not just temperatures, and the remote is kanji only. 冷房 is the cooling one. Leave it on 送風, the fan mode, and it'll blow room temperature air at you all night while you keep pressing the down arrow. One takeaway: find 冷房 first, then worry about the number.