How to Say ‘Does not come out / does not work’ in Japanese
出ません
de mase n
[deh mah-seh n]
💬 Usage Tip: [出る] literally means something like "come out," so [お湯が出ません] is literally "hot water doesn't come out." Japanese often uses this verb for utilities and machines too, like [水が出ない] or [お金が出ない].
Phrase Breakdown
出
de
[deh]
come out; appear; be produced
出 comes from 出る, meaning to come out or be produced. Here it refers to water not coming out.
水が出ません。
Water does not come out.
ませ
mase
[mah-seh]
polite negative stem part
ませ is part of the polite negative ending ません. It cannot normally stand alone.
出ませんの中にませがあります。
The part ませ is inside 出ません.
ん
n
[n]
n; negative ending part
ん completes the polite negative ending ません.
んで文が終わります。
The sentence ends with ん.
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