Greetings and Good-byes in Japanese

Here are the greetings in Japanese. No kanji available, just the words themselves. Use Ctrl + F to find words. Please read notes at the bottom of the list.

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
ohayougozaimasu	oh-hah-yoh-goh-zah-ee-mas	good morning
konnichiha	koh-nee-chee-wah	good day
konbanha	koh-ban-wah	good evening
moshimoshi	moh-shee-moh-shee	hello? (when picking up the phone)

sayonara	sah-yoh-nah-rah	good bye
ja ne	jah neh	see you later (?)
matta nee	mah-tah neh	see you again

Note: 'Ja ne' came from reading a lot of fan fictions. If anyone can confirm what it means really, send me an email.
'Matta nee' came from the song, 'Bokura no Digital World' (Our Digital World) from Digimon. I'm just going along with what the
person put down as the translation. It can be found on animelyrics.com.

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