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JLPT N5 · Greetings & phrases

こんばんは

good evening

Stroke order of こんばんは

5 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

こ · 2 strokesん · 1 strokesば · 6 strokesん · 1 strokesは · 3 strokes

Memory trick

KOMBAN-wa — 'come on, one' to the evening party: good evening

Parts: Evening greeting; は read 'wa'

The characters in こんばんは

  • こ こ — ko (2 strokes)
  • ん ん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)
  • ば ば — ba (6 strokes)
  • ん ん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)
  • は は — ha (3 strokes)

Example sentence

こんばんは、いい夜ですね。

こんばんは、いいよるですね。

Good evening, it's a nice night.

More words: Greetings & phrases

こんにちはhello; good afternoonおはようgood morning (casual)おはようございますgood morning (polite)さようならgoodbyeおやすみなさいgood nightありがとうthank youありがとうございますthank you (polite)どうもthanks; hiすみませんexcuse me; sorryごめんなさいI'm sorryいただきますlet's eat (before meals)ごちそうさまでしたthanks for the mealはじめましてnice to meet youどうぞよろしくpleased to meet youおねがいしますplease (requesting)

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