greeting in Japanese! ... With meanings..

Greetings in Japanese、Aisatsu, in Japanese.

おはよう こんにちは　こんばんは   ありがとう　さようなら　すみません

ohayou おはよう is "good morning".  we usually don't use Kanji for this word but if you use it, it says お早う　the Kanji in the middle means "early" or "fast" It makes sense since it's early in the morning.

Ko n ni chi ha こんにちは is "hello" but we say this for the afternoon. 今日は　the first two Kanji characters says　Today, は pronounces　"wa" even though it spells "ha". In Japanese, this は pronounces "wa" works as "is" or "are" in English.　postpositional particle I looked upon a dictionary..

so, "Konnichiwa" really means "today is"

Same as  "Konbanwa" night greetingsこんばんは　今晩は means "tonight is"

Arigatou ありがとう is Thank you,  in Kanji, it 有難う the first kanji means "there" second one is "difficult" so Arigatou means "difficult to be there" so this expresses appreciations for things are there.

My yoga teacher says the opposite of Arigatou is taking it for granted "Atarimae" あたりまえ

it's deep, isn't it?

Next one is, Sayounara (when you spell in English there's no "u" in the middle, but there are "u" to spell in Japanese) さようなら if you write in Kanji,  "左様なら"  it may be translated to "Ok then,"

Sumimasen, すみません　済みません　means excuse me but,
This world comes from "I'm not done" or "I'm not satisfied with myself for what I have done." wow, heavy! nobody put that feeling to this word anymore but originally, it means like that.

I hope you memorized these words today.

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