Greeting Expressions

おはよう/ohayou・・・・・greeting in the morning (til 12:00pm).
おはようございます/ohayougozaimasu・・・・・formal version

こんにちは/konnichiwa・・・・・greeting in the afternoon(from 12:00pm to 6:00pm-ish).

こんばんは/konbanwa・・・・・greeting in the evening and night(from 6:00pm-ish).

さようなら/sayounara ・・・・・Used when you or someone leave.

おやすみ/oyasumi・・・・・greeting when you or someone go to bed.
おやすみなさい/oyasuminasai・・・・・little politer

いただきます/itadakimasu・・・・・greeting right before start eating to express thanks for the food.

ごちそうさま/gochisousama・・・・・greeting when you finished eating to express thanks for the food.
ごちそうさまでした/gochisousamadeshita・・・・・little politer

Comments

ありがとうございます！　I think this is very useful, I'd been watching some Japanese dramas and now I can make some connections, as opposed to what I study in class. I'm starting to take knowing sentence structures for granted, but conversational vocabulary like this seems more practical than what we do from 日本語しょほ Keep this up!

Posted by Linda at 2007年02月04日 16:19

Thank you for your compliment Linda!

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Posted by Jin (The anther of this site) at 2007年02月04日 16:52