Learn how to greet someone in Japanese
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| Introduction |
| John: Greetings. In this lesson, you'll learn how to greet someone when you meet and when you leave in Japanese. |
| Body |
| John: Here's the formal way to say "Good morning" in Japanese. |
| Risa: [Normal] おはようございます。(Ohayō gozaimasu.) |
| John: First is a word that originates from the word meaning "early." |
| Risa: [Normal] おはよう [Slow] おはよう (Ohayō) |
| John: Last is a polite phrase used to add politeness to the expression. |
| Risa: [Normal] ございます [Slow] ございます(gozaimasu) |
| John: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning "Good morning." |
| Risa: [Slow] おはようございます。 [Normal] おはようございます。 |
| John: Okay, now let's see the way to say “Hello” or “Good day.” |
| Risa: [Normal] こんにちは。(Kon’nichi wa.) |
| John: This expression has only one word meaning "hello” or “good day." |
| Risa: [Normal] こんにちは [Slow] こんにちは (Kon’nichiwa) |
| John: Listen again to the word meaning "Good day." |
| Risa: [Slow] こんにちは。 [Normal] こんにちは。 |
| John: The following is the informal way to say "See you!" |
| Risa: [Normal] またね！(Mata ne!) |
| John: First is a word meaning "again." |
| Risa: [Normal] また [Slow] また(mata) |
| John: Last is the word literally meaning "right?" |
| Risa: [Normal] ね [Slow] ね(ne) |
| John: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning "See you!" |
| Risa: [Slow] またね！ [Normal] またね！ |
| John: Finally, is the way to say "Goodbye." |
| Risa: [Normal] さようなら。(Sayōnara.) |
| John: This expression has only one word meaning "goodbye." |
| Risa: [Normal] さようなら [Slow] さようなら(sayōnara) |
| John: Listen again to the word meaning "Goodbye." |
| Risa: [Slow] さようなら。 [Normal] さようなら。 |
| Cultural Insight |
| John: Now, it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Risa: In this lesson, we just covered a few greetings. There are many more. For example, when you leave your workplace, you would never say sayonara. Instead, we usually say Otsukaresamadeshita, which means something like "thank you for working together." |
Outro |
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| John: And that's all for this lesson. Don't forget to check out the lesson notes, and we'll see you in the next lesson! |
| Risa: またね！(mata ne!) |
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