Useful Japanese - Greetings

DATE:2017/02/17

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Japanese, Greetings

Have you come to Japan and had trouble with the language barrier?
In recent years Japan has been dealing with overseas tourists to eliminate the language barrier in various places, such as information boards and pamphlets, to accommodate multiple languages.
However, there are still parts that are still not in time.
So, this time we will introduce the Japanese greetings which can be used immediately, as it can be used in Japan!

Morning, ohayo

Good morning [OHAYO]
"Good morning" is a greeting in the morning.
It is said that the etymology was "quickly" of "morning early (quickly)", then turned to "good morning".
It is generally used as a morning greeting, but as a greeting to the person who first met on that day, in some industries we greet "morning" to people who first met on that day no time concerned .
The time zone to say "good morning" is expected to be around morning to around 10 am.
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Day time

Hello [KONNICHIWA]
"Hello" is a day greeting.
It is said that the etymology has become daytime greetings since "Today is (Today)" and reading "Today" in a different reading will be "Hello".
Hours are greeted by "Hello", it is expected to be after 10:00 am to sunset (around 5 pm).

Night

Good evening [KONBANWA]
"Good evening" is a greeting at night.
It is said that the etymology is "Good evening," and it was said that it was a night greeting as it was.
The time zone during which you say "good evening" is sunset (around 5 pm) - about dawn is expected.

Speech communication

How was that?
These three are the basic greetings of Japanese.
The time of greeting is a rough prospect and may differ slightly from person to person.
However, since there are few people who feel bad by having a greeting, please try to say a little in Japanese as a little communication.

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