Konnichi wa
Konnichiwa (こんにちは) is a Japanese greeting, typically a mid-day to early evening greeting (10:00 AM to 5:59 PM). It is also used as an informal greeting, "hello".
With kanji, Konnichiwa is written as 今日は.
When Konnichiwa is romanized directly from the hiragana, a mistake can occur. The hiragana character は is romanized as "ha" and pronounced as "ha" (as in "harmony"). In its use here, however, it serves as a topic marker, and so should be romanized and pronounced as "wa".
See also
The dictionary definition of konnichi wa at Wiktionary- The dictionary definition of 今日は at Wiktionary
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