煮にえ湯ゆ

noun

boiling water; scalding water

Often used in the idiom 煮え湯を飲まされる (to be betrayed by a trusted person; to be forced to drink scalding water). The word itself is neutral but carries a strong connotation of danger or betrayal in fixed expressions.

• 煮にえ湯ゆを飲のまされたような気き分ぶんだ。

  I feel as if I've been betrayed (lit. made to drink scalding water).

• やかんから煮にえ湯ゆが噴ふき出だした。

  Boiling water spurted out of the kettle.