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Video S1
Basic Japanese #3: Basic Greetings 2

3 Formal Kanji
Formal Kana
Formal Romanization
English
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Vocabulary 2
Grammar Points 3
 
  

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Kanji










Kana










Formal Romanization
Ohay 
Ohay 
2 Konnichi wa
Konban wa
Oyasuminasai

English
Good morning
Good morning(polite)
Good afternoon, Hello, Hi
Good evening
Good night

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Vocabulary

Kanji
 
Kana
 Romaji
Ohay 
English
Good morning!

     
     Ohay 
(informal)
Good morning


Konnichiwa
(formal)
hello, good day


(daytime greeting)
  Konban wa
oyasumi
Good evening
'Night!; Good night
(informal)

Vocabulary Sample Sentences



 Good morning, Masaru!




ohay
Masaru-kun,       
 Good morning, President Kikukawa.
     
 
Kikukawa-shach
Hello, everybody.
 konnichiwa.
Mina-san,
 
  'Night, Mum!
oyasumi mama!
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Grammar Points

The focus of this lesson is Greetings for the day.





 

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increases the politeness level of the phrase.

Konnichi wa (

 
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can also means "good





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Konban wa ( 
the short form of a sentence "Konban wa yoi ban desu ne.( 
   
which means "it's a good evening tonight."


 
   
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Oyasumi nasai (
bed. This comes from the verb, yasumu (
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literally means "please go to bed" in a polite way.

Language Tip

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