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As far as こんこん、can I use this when greeting friends?
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Um, I use it just like "Hi hi". Especially online. But I'm not sure if other people use this too. Maybe only my friends haha.
Did you know that こんこん can be a knocking sound? For example...a bathroom door. So first time when I use this to my friend who is on his 40's, he replied me "入ってます". I hope you can understand it. It was his joke
He knew that こんこん was the short form of こんばんは、but he took it as the sound of knocking on a bathroom door to make it a joke.
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One thing I always miss out on in learning from a book is the real way that Japanese people speak to each other. Books tend to teach you way too formal Japanese for everyday use.
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Umm. But it is very difficult for foreigners to use informal Japanese without offending native Japanese speakers. I think it's the safest to learn polite form of Japanese first. ^^; And... Japanese adults use formal Japanese to their friends too (This is what an Amerian guy couldn't believe). So formal Japanese isn't useless.