こんばんは

こんばんは · konbanha · JLPT N2 · expression

good evening

🌃 konban = 今晩 'tonight' + ha, the topic marker: 'tonight, as for greetings'

こんばんは is a contraction of 今晩は (konban wa), meaning 'as for tonight'. The 'wa' is written with the particle は, which is why it ends in ha.

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