あいさつ( Greeting)

This is Japanese greeting list.  You will see more the explanation detail the below this chart.

おはようございます	Ohayoo gozaimasu.	Good morning. (Polite)
こんにちは	Konnichiwa	Good afternoon
こんばんは	Konbannwa	Good evening
さようなら	Sayoonara	Good-bye
おやすみ（なさい）	Oyasumi(nasai)	Good night
ありがとう	Arigatoo	Thank you
ありがとうございます	Arigatoo gozaimzsu	Thank you. (Polite)
すみません	Sumimasen.	Excuse me.; I’m sorry
いってきます	Ittekimasu	I‘ll go
いってらっしゃい	Itterasshai	Please go
ただいま	Tadaima	I’m home
おかえり（なさい）	Okaeri(nasai)	Welcome home
いただきま	Itadakimasu	Thank you for the meal (before eating)
ごちそうさま（でした）	Gochisoosama(deshita)	Thank you for the meal.(after eating)
はじめまして	Hajimemashite	Nice to meet you.
よろしくおねがいします	Yoroshikuonegaishimasu.	I’m looking forward to working with you

1.    Ohayo is used between friends and family members, while ohayou gozaimasu is used between less intimate acquaintances, similarly with arigatou and arigatou gozaimasu.

 

 2.    There are several goodbye expressions in Japanese, the choice among which depends on the degree of separation. Basically, Sayonara indicates that the speaker does not expect to see the person spoken. However, Sayonara is often used between students and teacher this when they leave to go home.

 bai bai (bye bye) or matane (see you ) is used between students. 

Japanese at work usually use when they leave to go home, otukare or otukaresamadesu.(polite) 

Shitureeshimasu is used in the situation students leave from a professor's office or workers leave from a boss's office.

 3.    Sumimasen means” Excuse me," 1.to get another person’s attention, 2.　” I am sorry” to apologize for the trouble you have caused, or 3." Thank you", to show appreciation politely for what someone who is not close has done for you.

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Genki １ 

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