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2006-07-19 07:23:10 · 11 answers · asked by kirstie t 2 in Society & Culture Languages

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「今日一日良い日でありますように。」

In case you don't read Japanese, it says:

"kyouichi nichi yoi nichi dearimasuyouni."

Which means something in the line of:
I hope today become an all long good day.
But, yes, Japanese don't use this term very much.


PS. Oh, it seems like i'm the first to answer your question 'correctly' and 'seriously'...
10 points please, hahahaha~

2006-07-19 07:40:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6 10

There is no exact Japanese equivalent to our "have a nice day"; the closest, I think, is probably "itte irrasshai"--literally, "be on your way". This is appropriate when for example a mother is seeing her kids off to school in the morning, and would be said with the meaning "have a nice day". Thinking about it, I guess this phrase is pretty much limited to the home--it's something you say to someone who is leaving home for awhile, but will be back.

Hence it would not be appropriate when, say, you meet someone on the street or whatnot. When you leave them, you'd just use one of the usual expressions meaning "goodbye"--which could be "ja ne" or "sore ja" (informal) or "ja, mata" (similarly), the traditional but widely used "sayonara", or something like "give my best to your wife/husband" ("okusama/goshujin ni yoroshiku"), or "see you on xxxday", etc.

HTH...and have a nice day ;-O

2006-07-19 09:06:30 · answer #2 · answered by kflaux1 2 · 0 0

♡The phrase for 'Have a nice day!' in Japanese would be:
☆☆ 'Yoi ichinichi o!' this is a friendly way to say it.
良い一日を
'Yoi' means 'good', 'Ichinichi' means 'a day'.
'Yoi ichinichi o osugoshikudasai' is *more polite.

~BUT!~ I live in Japan and I have never really heard it used. I've asked my Japanese friends about this too and they never really use it either, although it is correct.
Perhaps some common phrases we (I'm American) use in the US are not really used in Japanese culture. I usually say 'Konnichiwa'
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/j-e.cgi/dosearch?sDict=on&H=PS&L=J&T=konnichiwa&WC=none&FG=w&BG=b&S=26
which means 'Hello' (from about 11 am up until a certain time before evening), 'Good afternoon'.
☆My friends and I often times say *'Genki de ne' when we part/say goodbye. It means something like, 'Take care', 'Be well'...
Hope this helps!♡

2006-07-19 12:24:57 · answer #3 · answered by C 7 · 1 0

The Japanese (like every other nationality except Americans) don't have the audacity to tell people what kind of day to have! LOL!

But a vaguely similar slang expression they do use, is "Oitoma!", which is a slang way of saying "Well, I've got to go now!". More politely you can say "Ja mata (See you)" or "Mata ashita (See you tomorrow)".

Tanoshinde!

2006-07-19 07:33:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

I suppose that Japanese say that ii nichi ni shimasu of course cyn is right yoi ichinichi o i knew that.
お元気で。

2006-07-19 13:01:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Why would you want to say that in japanese? You should say something tighter like Got supeedoo.

2006-07-19 07:26:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 4

What I do know is that you must never tell a Japanese BAKAMONO ! -- It means ****_ !! This beautiful japanese girl taught me that one !! (wonder if I should have taken the hint, though ! )

2006-07-19 07:30:46 · answer #7 · answered by RED-CHROME 6 · 0 7

I think it's "Ja Ne?" Which I believe equates to something like "take care, okay?"

2006-07-19 07:26:52 · answer #8 · answered by l00kiehereu 4 · 0 5

sowa kyoma shakita

2006-07-19 08:39:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

You don't. You also don't say it in English.

2006-07-19 09:25:52 · answer #10 · answered by Zogboots 1 · 0 5

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