Well, good afternoon/evening/morning/day everyone! Today we’re going to talk about Japanese greetings and what they really mean. Just as in English, “Konnichiwa” or “Good day” is a greeting that is technically an idiom with a complex and near-forgotten past. Just as English language greetings tend to stem from bastardizations of foreign loan words and/or full sentences … Continue reading What does “Konnichiwa” really mean? Understanding Japanese greetings