Japanese Words - Greeting phrases

Learn Japanese greeting phrases which are used in everyday life.
In Japanese language, there are vairous greeting phrases according to the situation or season.
But, the daily greetings are simple. We introduced common phrases in everyday situation.
Let's learn it and use it today.

Greeting Phrases

hajimemashite

How do you do; To the person whom you meet for the first time

Good morning

Good afternoon

Good evening

Good night

See you, Bye

See you tomorrow

Good-by

Long time, no see

Are you fine?; It is often translated into "how are you", but it's not used to the people whom you meet every day like English "how are you?", but to the people whom you meet after a long time. Ohayoo, konnichiwa and atsui desu ne etc. are used to the people whom you meet every day.

atsui desu ne

It's hot, isn't it?; These expressions on weather are used as daily greetings, like English "How are you?".

samui desu ne

It's cold, isn't it?

ii tenki desu ne

It is a fine day, isn't it?

gomennasai

I'm sorry; Casual expression of apology

sumimasen

Excuse me, Sorry; In daily conversation, suimasen is overwhelming often used and it is also used as a light apology. The polite form is Sumimasen.

itte kimasu

Said when you go out. (lit. Go and come back)

itterasshai

Reply to itte kimasu

tadaima

When you return your home or office.

okaerinasai

Reply to tadaima

o-saki ni shitsurei shimasu

When you leave office earlier than others.

otsukaresama deshita

1) Reply to o-saki ni shitsurei shimasu
2) When you finished something which you did with others such as a meeting.

o-saki ni doozo

Go ahead

ki o tsukete

lit. "be careful", To the person who will go to travel like "Have a nice trip" in English.

omedetoo gozaimasu

Congratulations

ki ni shinaide

Don't mention it

doozo o-hairi kudasai

Please come in

doozo o-kake kudasai

Please have a seat

doozo o-suwari kudasai

Please sit down, Please have a seat

Ganbatte!

Good Luck!, do your best, try hard

Japanese@Once

contains three parts. Part 2 is categorized by the 40 daily scenes such as
"At the restaurant", "Train station", "Japanese inn". "Telephone", etc.

See Part 2 Chapter 34 : Greetings

There are more related vocabulary, phrases and example sentences.

Building Up Conversation

See Handy Japanese Phrases 200 which is the support material

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Building Up Conversation (Online learning material)

The aim of this material is to help learners acquire practical conversation skills step by step by using many audio drills.

This material covers from the basic level to the lower intermediate level and much frequently used sentences and expressions are carefully selected and compiled.

Various support materials such as Hiragana Katakana Work Books, Handy Phrases 200, Basic Japanese Words 2000, etc. are provided.

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Japanese@Once

This material is designed for those who want to learn practical Japanese language in a short period of time.

This material has the following three parts for your effective learning.

Part 1 : Building Up Conversation (40 chapters)

Part 2 : Words & Expressions (40 chapters)

Part 3 : Grammar Focus (45 chapters)

In Part 2, there are not only vocabularies, but also plenty of example sentences. All examples are voice-recorded.