How to Say ‘Hot?’ in Japanese
ホットですか。
hotto desu ka
[hotto desu ka]
💬 Usage Tip: [ですか] makes this a polite question: [ホットですか] = 'Hot?'. In conversation, Japanese often leaves out the rest when the context is obvious.
Phrase Breakdown
ホット
hotto
[hotto]
hot
Refers to the hot version of the drink.
ホットですかと店員さんが聞きました。
The clerk asked, 'Hot?'
ですか
desu ka
is it? / are you?
A question ending used to ask for confirmation.
ホットですか。
Is it hot?
Words in this phrase
です
desu
[desu]
is/are
A polite copula used in the question.
ですを使うと丁寧です。
Using desu is polite.
か
ka
[ka]
question marker
Marks the sentence as a question.
かがあるので質問になります。
Because there is ka, it becomes a question.
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