What is the Japanese translation of hi?

Answer 1

'Hi' has a few possible meanings in Japanese. The two most common would be 日 and 火. 日 means 'day' or 'sun', while 火 means fire.

Hi means Yes in Japanese. ---- Hi means fire. But if you are saying "Hi" as in (hai), then it means yes.

Answer 2

こんにちは /kon ni chi wa/ is the most commonly used term. Literally means 'good day' but is used as a greeting similarly to using 'hello' in English during different times of day. どうも /dou mo/ is used, but on a slightly more informal level and necessitates previous acquaintance/familiarity.

もしもし /mo shi mo shi/ is used when talking on the phone, rarely in other usages.

There are very informal terms such as ういっす /o i-ssu/ and おっす /o-ssu/ and other variants which are only used in colloquialism and mostly by males.

Answer 3

Japanese doesn't usually deviate from its main greetings which areおはようございます (ohayou gozaimasu),こんにちは (konnichiwa) andこんばんは (konbanwa).

おはようございます (ohayou gozaimasu) - good morning

こんにちは (konnichiwa) - good afternoon

こんばんは (konbanwa) - good evening

All of these greetings are commonly used to mean 'hello' or 'hi' in Japanese. If you were talking to friends, the words 'yo', 'ossu' and 'yaa' may be used in place of the above greetings.

Konnichi wa / こんにちは

Answer 4

konnichi WA

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It kind of depends on the time of day.

Up until about 10 in the morning, you would say Ohayo gozaimasu (Sounds like "Ohio Go Zai mus" which means "Good morning (politely)

After about 10 a.m. until it starts to get dark, you would say konnichiwa (Ko nee chee wah)

In the evening, it would be kombowa (kohm bow WA).

Answer 5

ねえ "Nee*" or おい/オイ "Oi"

*While written with the latin alphabet as "nee" or "nē," it should be noted that "Nee" is pronounced more like "Neh," with a long "eh" sound. (the E sound always sounds like "e" as in "bed" or "spend")

Answer 6

"Hiya" doesn't mean anything in Japanese, but independently "hi" can me "fire" or "heat" and "ya" can mean "shop" or "store" or "eight" depending on what characters are used.

Answer 7

Konichiwa. (Kun-nee-chee-wah)