Common Japanese Phrases – Start With These Useful Japanese Phrases
If you are learning Japanese, it is a good idea to start with a few common Japanese phrases. Learning a few useful phrases will allow you to least say a few words and start communicating. If you can learn some simple words and start practicing you will find that learning the language will slowly become easier. Read on to learn some of the best common Japanese phrases to start your language learning with.
A great place to start with common Japanese phrases is with greetings. These can be used when meeting people on the street, in the office or in the house. They are good phrases to start practicing your Japanese and we will cover Good Morning, Good Day and Good Evening.
Good Morning in Japanese is ‘Ohayo Gozaimasu’. A more informal version of ‘Ohayo Gozaimasu’ is just ‘Ohayo’. The literal meaning for this phrase is ‘It is early’ and so it is only used up until 10 or 11am, after that you would say Good Day.
Good Day or Hello in Japanese is ‘Konnichi wa’. It is used during the daytime only after about 11am until early evening. It literally means ‘This day’.
Good Evening in Japanese is ‘Konban wa’. The literal meaning is ‘Tonight’ or ‘This night’. It is used in the evenings when greeting someone but not if you leave or say goodbye to someone.
When you or someone else is going to sleep you would use the Japanese phrase ‘Oyasumi nasai’. The literal meaning is ‘Please rest’ and if you know the person well you can use the informal version which is just ‘Oyasumi’.
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Filed under Reference And Education by on Jul 2nd, 2010. 