おはようございます

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
お早うございます
お早う御座います
御早う御座います

Etymology

Phrase consisting of おはよう (ohayō, early, formal, adverbial) + ございます (gozaimasu, it is, formal).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はよーございま (Nakadaka – )[2]
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Interjection

おはようございます (ohayō gozaimasuおはやうございます (ofayaugozaimasu)?

  1. good morning

Usage notes

In more casual speech, may be shortened to just おはよう (ohayō).

Also spelled in kanji various ways. Generally, the more kanji used, the more formal the written form.

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN