Greetings & Farewells

Hello, goodbye, and everything in between

はじめに

イギリス人は、挨拶と別れという単純な行為を芸術の域にまで高めています。「Alright?（元気？）」は実は質問じゃないし、「Cheers」は「ありがとう」から「さようなら」まで何でも意味する万能語。これらの挨拶には、効率的で控えめなコミュニケーションのイギリス的才能が詰まっています。

面白いのは、短いやり取りにどれだけの意味が詰まっているか。友達同士の「You alright?」は温かくて思いやりがある。フォーマルな場での「How do you do?」は敬意と距離を示す。どちらをいつ使うか知ることが、イギリスの社交生活を渡り歩く鍵です。

この章では、ご近所同士の軽い挨拶からビジネスミーティングの終わりのフォーマルな別れまで、あらゆるイギリスの会話の始まりと終わりで聞くフレーズを学びます。

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この章の英語スラング一覧（69）

• Hiya A friendly, casual way to say hello
• How do? A Northern English greeting meaning 'How do you do?'
• How's it going? A casual greeting asking how someone is
• What's up? A casual greeting meaning 'Hello' or 'What's happening?'
• G'day An Australian greeting meaning 'Good day' or 'Hello'
• How ya going? An Australian greeting meaning 'How are you?'
• What's the craic? An Irish greeting meaning 'What's happening?' or 'What's the news?'
• Cheers A British multipurpose word meaning 'thanks,' 'goodbye,' or a toast
• Ta A casual British word for 'thank you'
• Ta-ta A casual, slightly old-fashioned British way to say goodbye
• Toodle-oo A playful, old-fashioned British farewell
• Cheerio A British farewell meaning 'Goodbye'
• See ya A casual way to say 'Goodbye, see you later'
• Later A very casual farewell meaning 'See you later'
• Take it easy A casual farewell meaning 'Relax and take care'
• Catch you later A casual farewell meaning 'I'll see you again soon'
• All the best A warm farewell wishing someone well
• Good on ya An Australian expression meaning 'Well done' or 'Good for you'
• Lovely to meet you A warm British way to acknowledge meeting someone
• Howdy An American informal greeting, especially associated with the South and West
• Y'all American Southern contraction of 'you all'
• Morning A casual way to say 'Good morning'
• Afternoon A casual way to say 'Good afternoon'
• Evening A casual way to say 'Good evening'
• Night A casual way to say 'Good night'
• Safe travels A well-wish for someone about to travel
• Stay in touch A farewell asking someone to keep in contact
• Looking forward to it Expressing anticipation for a future event or meeting
• Long time no see A greeting for someone you haven't seen in a while
• Pleasure meeting you A polite phrase said when meeting someone for the first time
• How's tricks? A casual British greeting meaning 'How are things going?'
• Have a good one A casual farewell meaning 'Have a good day/time'
• Speak soon A farewell implying you'll talk again soon
• Mind how you go A British farewell meaning 'Be careful' or 'Take care'
• Pip pip An old-fashioned, upper-class British farewell
• Hooroo An Australian informal farewell
• Sláinte An Irish toast meaning 'Health' or 'Cheers'
• Ciao A borrowed Italian word used as a casual hello or goodbye
• Ay Up Hello/Hi (Northern English greeting).
• Watcha What are you up to? (Cockney greeting).
• How Ya Goin'? How are you? (Australian).
• Now Then Hello (Yorkshire greeting).
• Laters See you later (casual goodbye).
• Toodles Goodbye (playful).
• Safe Goodbye/okay/cool (youth slang).
• Wagwan What's going on? (greeting).
• Peace Out Goodbye (casual).
• Catch Ya Later See you later (casual).
• I'm Off I'm leaving (departure announcement).
• Must Dash I have to leave quickly.
• How Goes It? How are things? (greeting).
• What Ho Hello (old-fashioned British).
• Yo Hey/Hello (casual greeting).
• Sup What's up? (casual greeting).
• Mwah Air kiss sound (greeting/farewell).
• Hey Up Hello/Watch out (Northern greeting).
• Aye Aye Hello (Northern/Scottish).
• All Right Then Okay, goodbye (departure phrase).
• Well Then Used to signal end of conversation.
• Lovely to See You Nice to see you (warm greeting).
• Keeping Well? Are you well? (greeting).
• Right Then Okay, let's proceed/I'm leaving.
• Be Seeing You I'll see you later (farewell).
• Goodnight Farewell for the evening/night.
• Night Night Goodnight (informal, often childish).
• right then transition phrase or goodbye
• anyway... transition to leaving
• many happy returns birthday greeting
• hello stranger greeting for someone not seen recently