Mina-san, what expression do you use to say goodbye?

hello naomi-sensei,
in polite situations i’d probably use ’sajonara’,
but with friends ‘ja mata’ would be more appropriate
in the internet, though, a friendly ‘cu’ is more common.
regards from germany
thomas
トマス

Hello Naomi先生　 、
Ｅricさん　はじめまして！アンジェです、よろしく　おねがい　します！
How do I say goodbye? Well, in Japanese? It’s hard to say, because I usually don’t speak Japanese except with friends who are italians as me . But usually, writing to my Japanese メル友 I used to say both “またね・また・でわまた” . In fact, I had never used さようなら, but I have never been in the right situation.
Thanks for the lesson!

Well, interesting lesson.

@Angie- アンジェさん、はじめまして。エリックです。よろしくお願いします。またね and ではまた are some of the most common ways to say ‘Bye’ among friends, and I’d say it’s totally OK for you to use those with your メル友 if you both don’t write in keigo (formal Japanese) to each other. Even if you are formal with each other, a ‘goodbye’ like それでは is fine.

It’s common to say さようなら to teachers or anyone you speak formally with, so don’t be afraid to use it, although it’s pretty weird to say sayonara to your friends!

@Charity- Perfect greeting for your 先生！

I don’t know all my Kanji script but would love to be able to follow the comments . They look like comments and helpful but unable to read. Please put in English for all to follow no matter what level of Japanese we are at.

Arigato.

Sue

@Sue- Point taken. Here are the kanji words used in the comments so far:

先生（せんせい）sensei - teacher, professor
よろしくお願いします（ねが）yoroshiku o-negai shimasu - (Covered in detail in Newbie lesson #4 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/02/newbie-lesson-4-how-to-greet-people-in-japanese/ )

Ganbatte kudasai!

How do I say goodbye? Well, in Japanese? It’s hard to say, because I usually don’t speak Japanese except with friends who are italians as me . But usually, writing to my Japanese I used to say both “ . In fact, I had never used , but I have never been in the right situation.
intresting lesson! : ah ha haa

Tachikawa-san and Everyone:

In the Learning Center Quizzes, you can choose “Romaji” “Hiragana”, etc.
Look at the top of each quiz. It clearly states:
You can change the difficulty level of these questions in My Settings.*

My Settings is in red. Just click that and you can choose your options.

Am I right, JPOD staff?

I hope this helps you.

Dear Japanesepod,

in addition to Newbie Lessons (S4), I also listen to Nihongo Dojo - Welcome to Style You. Is it still possible to listen to “Welcome to Style You 11″, which is missing in the Newbie lessons category?

Best regards

Ulrike

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Liz21-san
ほんとうに、ほんとうに。。。。。ほんとうにありがとうございます！
Yes, Liz21-san, you are right.
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↑So says the code-ninja!

Thank you for the tip, Liz21-san.

Dou shiteru