This document provides common Japanese greetings and classroom phrases in both informal and formal forms. It includes greetings for good morning (ohayoo and ohayoo gozaimasu), hello/hi (konnichiwa), good-bye (sayoonara), good evening (konbanwa), and see you (jaa ne). Honorific suffixes are explained, such as sensei for teachers, -san for names, and -kun usually for boys' names. Particles like wa are also described.

1. Japanese Greetings and
Classroom Phrases

2. おはよう
OHAYOO
Good Morning (informal)
The oo sound in Japanese is written with “ou”.

3. おはよう ございます
OHAYOO GOZAIMSU
Good Morning (formal)

4. こんにちは
KONNICHI WA
Hello. Hi
The particle “wa” is written as HA and it always
follows the topic of a sentence.

5. さようなら
SAYOONARA
Good-bye

6. -せんせい
SENSEI
Sensei is attached to names of teachers, doctors
and politicians to show respect.

7. ーさん
-SAN
-SAN is a suffic attached to names. It is NEVER
attached to your own name. It is used for both
males and females

8. はい
HAI
Yes.

9. こんばんは
KONBAN WA
Good evening
Konban means “tonight”

10. じゃあね
JAA NE
See you.

11. ーくん
-KUN
-KUN is a suffix usually attached to boy’s names.