おはようございます

Japanese
Japanese phrasebook
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おはよーございま​す [òháyóó gózáímḁꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [8])[2]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ha̠jo̞ː ɡo̞za̠ima̠sɨ̥ᵝ]
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Interjection

おはようございます (rōmaji ohayō gozaimasu, historical hiragana おはやうございます)

  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. The following lists alternative forms in rough order from casual to formal.

Alternative forms
  • おはようございます
  • お早うございます
  • お早う御座います
  • 御早う御座います

Derived terms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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