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Ohayo (おはよう, ohayō) is a colloquial term meaning good morning in Japanese. Ohayo may also refer to: Good Morning, 1959 Japanese comedy film by director Yasujirō Ozu; Ohayo Mountain, Catskill Mountains, New York, US; A misspelling of Ohio, a U.S. state
Equivalent to ohayo gozaimasu (おはようございます good morning). The asai (あさい) is a corruption of asameshi (朝飯 breakfast). The expression literally translates to asa-gohan wo o-tabe ni narimashita ka? (朝ごはんをお食べになりましたか? have you eaten breakfast?).
Japanese phonology is the system of sounds used in the pronunciation of the Japanese language. Unless otherwise noted, this article describes the standard variety of Japanese based on the Tokyo dialect.
The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis.
It is a rough contraction of ohayō gozaimasu (おはようございます). [3] In addition to use as a greeting, oss! can also function as "yessir!" when a subordinate is brusquely questioned by a teacher, superior officer, or sempai. It has also spread overseas as OSU or OSS, mainly in the Brazilian Jiu- Jitsu and Karate communities. [4]
Good Morning has an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [2] Richard Brody of The New Yorker wrote about the film "Yasujiro Ozu’s poised images convey a bitterly ironic, scathingly radical rejection of Japanese codes of self-restraint and silence."
Hiragana originated as simplified forms of similar-sounding Chinese characters. Hiragana character shapes were derived from Chinese cursive script (sōsho). Shown here is a sample of cursive script by 7th century calligrapher Sun Guoting. Note the character 為 (wei), indicated by the red arrow, closely resembles the hiragana character ゐ (wi).
The hiragana お is made with three strokes: A horizontal line from left to right. A stroke consisting of a vertical line, a small diagonal line going upwards and to the left, and an open curve heading right and downwards. A small curved stroke on the right. Stroke order in writing オ. The katakana オ is made with three strokes: