今日は

Japanese

Kanji in this term
今	日
こん Grade: 2	にち Grade: 1

Etymology

From 今日 (こんにち) (konnichi, “this day, today”) + は (wa, topic particle); shortened from expressions like the following:

今日 (こんにち)は御 (ご)機 (き)嫌 (げん)いかがですか
konnichi wa go-kigen ikaga desu ka
How are you doing today?
今日 (こんにち)は良 (よ)い天気 (てんき)ですね
konnichi wa yoi tenki desu ne
It's fine weather today, isn't it?

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こんにちは [kòńníchí wáꜜ] (Odaka – [5])[1]
IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟it͡ɕi ɰᵝa̠]
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Interjection

今日は (hiragana こんにちは, rōmaji konnichi wa)

good day, good afternoon: a Japanese greeting used in the daytime

Coordinate terms

おはようございます (ohayō gozaimasu): good morning
今晩 (こんばん)は (konban wa): good evening
お休 (やす)みなさい (oyasumi nasai): good night (said when parting company)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

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