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I'll use Romaji. Consonants are pronounced pretty much the same. Vowels:

A- Ah.

I- Eee! (Like, A mouse, EEEE!)

U- Oooooh.

E- Ay!

O- Oh. (Like Oh, I get it. Short.)

Konnichi-wa is probably one of the most famous, and it means 'Good Afternoon'.

Ohayo gozaimasu is 'Good morning' but if you don't need to be formal, it's 'Ohayo'

Kon-ban-wa is good evening.

Since you said 'every-day' I'm going to assume you know the average first time hellos and goodbyes 'Hajimemashite' and 'Yoroshiku'.

O Genki desu ka? is 'How are you?' and it's polite. If you don't need to be so polite omit the O. You really could get away with saying 'Genki'.

If don't want to sound like a baka gaijin, try 'Genki datta' or 'Sakin dou' which mean roughly 'How's it going?'

How have you been doing (recently)? (Saikin) dou-shiteta?/(Saikin) nani-shiteta

What have you been doing? 'Nani yatteta yo' (Recently, from a few seconds to a week ago)

Hope you pick some of it up. It's a lot, but very fun and rewarding.

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