killing by heat

to kill by heat

praying earnestly

to pray earnestly

sand heated by the sun / same as above

The hiragana syllable ゆ (yu). Its equivalent in katakana is ユ (yu). It is the thirty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is や行う段 (ya-gyō u-dan, “row ya, section u”).

expresses passiveness / expresses possibility / expresses natural, spontaneous occurrence

湯屋: public bathhouse

湯屋: a surname

湯呑み, 湯飲み, 湯のみ: teacup