How do you say hello in Japanese?

11 translations in Japanese

• こんにちは

  rachel 2012-05-09

• Good afternoon/Hello こんにちは　(konnichiwa) Read as: cone-knee-chee-wa Good morning おはよう　（ございます）　(ohayou [gozaimasu]) > Gozaimasu is optional, but if you add it to the end of your sentence, it becomes polite. N/B: Most Japanese are polite. You don't want to stand out! Read as: oh-hi-yo! go-zi-e-mas Good evening こんばんは　(konbanwa) Read as: cone - barn without 'r' - wa In my humble opinion, all "Read as" are... rubbish? You can just Google a site that teaches you to pronounce: a, i, u, e, o [NOT a, e, i, o, u -- It's different] And the rest are self-explanatory! You will get what I mean if you learn to pronounce that 5 letters. Cheers.

  Luffy 2012-07-15

• Konnichiwa (cone-ee-chee-wah)

  Quinn 2012-05-16

• Konnichiwa

  Jesby Sanz 2013-03-24

• Depending on time of day, there are different possible greetings... Morning: Ohaiyo (gozaimasu) Afternoon: Konnichiwa Evening(generally after sunset): Konbanwa The gozaimasu is used in formal context, like a business meeting or meeting someone new...it's generally left out if it in a friendly context.... I'm unsure whether or not it's used with the other two, but i'm going to assume it's not since i've never heard it used with them, at least not often..

  Zoe Edwards 2013-05-03

• konichiwa

  susan 2013-02-25

• Konichiwa?

  Talaal Mirza 2012-05-03

• Konnichiwa, Watakushi-wa

  Edy Priyambodo 2014-05-24

• To say hello in japanese, you say ohayo gozaimas (sounds like ohio gozimas)

  Laclan 2012-05-03

• Also, if it is the first time you meet someone, はじめまして (hajimemashite)。This is the equivalent of "pleased to meet you".

  Keyou Arian 2012-08-20

• Ohio go zaeemas in the daytime before noon. Sometimes just ohio

  ArthurG 2012-02-24