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Japanese Lesson 4: How To Read/Write/Say Common Greetings

Greetings

 

Greetings! There are many greetings to say during each different festivals to people. So how do you say greetings to people in Japanese? Below are the Japanese words commonly used for greetings on both normal days and on common festivals:

 

  Formal Way
 Informal Ways
 Sound Clip
 Good Morning

 おはいよう ございます

 Ohaiyou Gozaimasu

 おはいよう / おは Ohaiyou / Oha

 

 

 

 Good Afternoon
 こんにちは Konnichiwa
  

 

 

 Good Evening
 こんばわ Kombawa  

 

 

 

 Good Night
 おやすみ なさい Oyasumi nasai
 おやすみ Oyasumi 

 

 

 Hello こんにちは Konnichiwa  

 

 

 Excuse Me
 すみません Sumimasen  

 

 

 Congratulations

 おめでとう ございます

 Omedetou Gozaimasu

 おめでとう Omedetou 

 

 

 How are you?

 お げんき です か? /
お 元気 です か?

 O Genki Desu Ka?

 げんき / 元気 Genki? 

 

 

 Happy New Year

 あけまして おめでとう

 Akemashite Omedetou

  

 

 

 Merry Christmas
 メリークリスマス Meri Kurisumasu
  

 

 Happy Birthday

 お たんじょうび おめでとう / お 誕生日 おめてとう

 O Tanjoubi Omedetou

  

 

 

 Goodbye

 さよなら / じゃ

 Sayonara(used when its long term good bye) / Jya(usd when its short term good bye)

  

 

 

 See you
 また Mata
  

 

 

 Please take care

 お だいじに / お 大事に

O daijini

  

 

 

 


Don't Give Up On Learning Japanese!

 


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There are some errpors, but the most important one:
good evening = konbanwa
H.T     | 20-05-09 10:25:39
Hello there~

As far as I know, good evening can be written in romanji as konbawa or kombawa.

Thanks for pointing it out!

Which other errors have I made?
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Cynthia - Confused!   | 28-07-09 00:48:43
In the indruduction of lesson 1 you write konnichiwa different than here above.
You can write it in two ways or did you misspell?
Cynthia - Sorry XD   | 28-07-09 00:50:57
Sorry for the bad English. I was tired and I'm not from America of England of anything XD
H.T     | 30-07-09 16:19:16
Hi Cynthia!

Sorry, i had misspelled it in lesson 1. It should be こんにちは. I have made the change in lesson 1.

Thanks for pointing it out!

No worries, rest well and take care!
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