Topic 1: Konnichiwa

In this topic, I learnt about how to greet in Japanese. Some of good greetings are:

Good morning.
おはようございます。
Ohayō gozaimasu.

Good afternoon.
こんにちは。
Kon'nichiwa.

Good night
こんばんは。
Konbanwa.

Goodbye - See you again
さようなら - じゃあ、また。
Sayounara - Jaa, mata.

I will take you ahead - Thank you for your hard work.
おさきに　しつれえします。　－　おつかれさま　でした。
Osaki ni shitsureeshimasu - Otsukaresama deshita.

Thank you - You're welcome.
ありがとう　ございます　－　いいえ。
Arigatou gozaimasu - iie.

I'm sorry - It's okay.
すみません　－　いいえ。
Sumimasen - iie.

Excuse me - Yes?
すみません　－　はい。
Sumimasen - hai.

In this topic, I also learn about hiragana, katakana, and kanji. There are also two other writing system that are known as roomaji and suuji.

ひらがな
hiragana

カタカナ
katakana

漢字
kanji

１、２、３
suuji

ichi, ni, san
roomaji

Hiragana is the more cursive and more widely used form of kana (syllabic writing) used in Japanese, especially used for function words and inflections. (e.g. うみ umi sea)

Katakana is the more angular form of kana (syllabic writing) used in Japanese, primarily used for words of foreign origin. (e.g. オレンジ orenji orange)

Kanji is a system of Japanese writing using Chinese characters. (e.g. 日本 nihon Japan)

Romaji is a system of Romanized spelling used to transliterate Japanese. (e.g. ichi, ni, san. One, two, three.)