"こんにちわ" meaning in Japanese

See こんにちわ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Forms: konnichi wa [romanization], konnichiwa [romanization]
Etymology: Phonetic spelling using わ (wa) in place of は (wa). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|わ}} わ (wa), {{ja-r|は|rom=wa}} は (wa) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|rom=konnichi wa|rom2=konnichiwa}} こんにちわ • (konnichi wa or konnichiwa)
  1. misspelling of こんにちは Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: こんにちは
    Sense id: en-こんにちわ-ja-intj-UtGMYeJI Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for こんにちわ meaning in Japanese (1.2kB)

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