湯冷め

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 湯冷め is read as ゆざめ and is a noun and する verb for becoming chilled after one’s body was warmed by a bath.
• Basic usage: Becoming chilled appears in 湯冷めする, while prevention appears in 湯冷めしないようにする.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Condition of the bather
  • It describes a person becoming cold after bathing, not bathwater losing heat.
• Difference from 湯が冷める
  • 湯が冷める means that hot water cools down; 湯冷め means that the person who bathed becomes chilled.