おはようございます

Japanese

Alternative spellings
お早うございますお早う御座います御早う御座います

Japanese phrasebook

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Phrase consisting of おはよう (ohayō, “early”, formal, adverbial) + ございます (gozaimasu, “it is”, formal).^[1]

おはようございます • (ohayō gozaimasu) ^{←おはやうございます (ofayaugozaimasu)^?}

In more casual speech, may be shortened to just おはよう (ohayō).

Also spelled in kanji various ways. Generally, the more kanji used, the more formal the written form.

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN