Have you ever watched Anime or J-Drama and thought once, "how cool would it be to watch these Japanese shows without having to read English subtitles?" If your eyes ever felt tired reading English subtitles or seem to have been out of focus from the...
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EnglishFormal: Good morning Japanese Formal: Ohayō gozaimasu "おはようございます" (pronunciation: Ohayoh gozaimas) English Informal: Morning (shortcut for good morning) Japanese Informal: Ohayō "おはよう" (pronunciation: Ohayoh)
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English: Good afternoon/Hello Japanese: Konnichiwa "こんにちは" (pronunciation: Kon nichiwa) Fact: Both can be informal and formal PS: The mistake of "こんにちわ". Some people might get confused when they try to type "Konnichiwa" in the Japanese keyboard because instead of "こんにちは", the last letter will appear as "わ" instead of "は". Although it is true that "わ" is read as "wa" and "は" is read as "ha" in hiragana, the correct way of spelling "Konnichiwa" in Japanese is "こんにちは" for some reason. So the text time you type "Konnichiwa" on your Japanese keyboard, make sure to type "Konnichiha" so you can get the spelling right:) (let me see that by commenting "こんにちは" below!)
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English: Good evening Japanese: Konbanwa "こんばんは" (pronunciation: Kombangwa) Take note: When typing Japanese, whenever you see a letter n in a word, make sure to press n twice to form the character "ん" PS: Similar to "Konnichiwa", although both words end with "wa", when you type them down, make sure to spell out the last syllable as "ha" and not "wa" so it will result to "こんばんは" and not "こんばんわ". Fact: "Konban" means "this evening" (example sentence: "Konban, kimi wa kawaii ne" means "Tonight, you look cute)
Although "Konban" is a word in Japanese, Konnichi, however, isn't.
English Formal: Good night Japanese Formal: Oyasuminasai おやすみなさい English Informal: Night (shortcut for good night) Japanese Informal: Oyasumi おやすみ
English: Goodbye さようなら Japanese: 1. Sayōnara (pronounced as Sayohnara) 2. Ja ne じゃあね Example: After spending the entire day with your friend, it was time to say goodbye. You say, "Ja ne!" which means "goodbye" while your friend replies, "Un, mata ne!" which directly translates to, "Yup, again!" but actually means, "Yup, see you again!" Un = Yup Mata = Again
English Formal: How are you doing/How are you? Japanese Formal: Genkidesuka? げんきですか？ (Pronounced as Gengkideska) English Informal: How are you doing/How are you? Japanese Informal: Genki? げんき？ (Pronounced as Gengki?) Take note: "Genki" could also mean "I'm feeling good/well" if you use the right tone of voice.
English: How are you feeling? Japanese: Kibun dō? (Pronounced as Kibun doh?) きぶんどう？ Example: You are visiting your friend from the hospital so you say, "Kibun dō?" If your friend is feeling well, he/she will say, "Genki dayo" or simply "Genki" which means, "I'm feeling well".
If you want to ask me anything, feel free to leave a comment! <3
