こんにちは

• 読み: こんにちは
• ローマ字: konnichiwa
• 漢字の分解: 今 (kon/ima) — now, present; 日 (nichi/hi) — day, sun
• 発音: /koɴ.ni.tɕi.wa/

意味

Hello; good day; good afternoon. The most common general greeting.

Used from late morning through the evening as a general-purpose greeting. Written in kanji as 今日は, but almost always written in hiragana in modern usage. Unlike おはよう, there is no casual/polite distinction — the form stays the same in all situations.

例文

1. こんにちは、元気ですか。
2. 隣の人にこんにちはと言った。
3. こんにちは、田中さん。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily greetings, meeting people, general conversation

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Originally part of the longer phrase 今日はご機嫌いかがですか (How are you feeling today?). Over time, only 今日は remained as the greeting.

文化的背景

時代: Edo period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal