Japanese greetings - for advanced -

Today's lesson is Japanese greeting!


U know the respect is very important for Japanese. Greeting is one of them. I think most Japanese language school teaches only formal sentence ,but sometimes I'll teach casual sentence and some slangs.


*formal/casual

おはようございます/おはよう - good morning

こんにちは - good afternoon

こんばんは - good evening

いってきます - I'm leaving

おかえりなさい/おかえり - welcome back

ありがとうございます/ありがとう - thank u

どういたしまして - u r welcome

はじめまして　- nice to meet u

おつかれさま(ごくろうさま)/おつかれさん(ごくろうさん) - nice job

おやすみなさい/おやすみ - good night

初めまして - nice to meet u
(はじ)

お誕生日おめでとう - happy birthday
(たんじょうび)

おめでとう - congraturations

あけましておめでとうございます/あけましておめでとう(あけおめ) - happy new year



[someone invite u over]

おじゃまします - *when u enter to

おじゃましました - *when leaving from house



[u eat something]

いただきます - thanx for making

ごちそうさまでした - all dishes tastes good! thank u



[to response]　

はい/うん - yes

いいえ/ううん - no

わかった/了解です - got it

なるほど - I see~


Very simple! may be u can use from nowXD try to use and memorize. I added 6words than for biginner level　and I used Kanji. If u have some question ask me^ ^



[next lesson is basic vocab and about Subject]