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Greetings and set phrases — あいさつ

The twenty phrases you will say before you can make a single sentence — and the ones Japanese people will say to you. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

  phrase
おはようございます good morning
  phrase
こんにちは hello, good afternoon
  phrase
こんばんは good evening
  phrase
おやすみなさい good night
  phrase
さようなら goodbye
  phrase
ありがとうございます thank you
  phrase
どういたしまして you're welcome
  phrase
すみません excuse me, sorry
  phrase
ごめんなさい I'm sorry
  phrase
はい yes
  phrase
いいえ no
  phrase
はじめまして nice to meet you
おねがいします phrase
お願いします please (requesting)
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どうぞ please, go ahead
  phrase
どうも thanks (casual)
  phrase
いただきます said before eating
  phrase
ごちそうさまでした said after eating
  phrase
いってきます I'm off (leaving home)
  phrase
ただいま I'm home
おかえりなさい phrase
お帰りなさい welcome home
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Greetings and set phrases — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1    Write the Japanese
no
phrase
nice to meet you
phrase
excuse me, sorry
phrase
good morning
phrase
thank you
phrase
I'm off (leaving home)
phrase
I'm home
phrase
goodbye
phrase
please (requesting)
phrase
you're welcome
phrase
2    What does it mean?
どうも
お帰りなさい
こんにちは
こんばんは
どうぞ
おやすみなさい
ごめんなさい
いただきます
はい
ごちそうさまでした
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