おはようございます

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by masaegu

It was no joke. It is a proper, traditional way of greeting others at work for certain people regardless of the time of the day. In my own rough estimate, a couple of million Japanese use it on a daily basis. Now, who are these people? My opening post gives you part of the answer but who else says 「おはようございます」at 2:00 pm, 7;00 pm or even 11:00 pm?

Big Hint: I'm sure someone you know of uses it, too. Was too big of a hint....

I will be posting the answer in the morning (Japan time).

Them I'm guessing the "big hint" was that MMM and Nyororin are barred from answering, so I'm guessing it's something said in a region of Japan. IIRC, Nyororin lives in Nagoya. I can't remember where MMM lives.

And Nagoya has a couple million people living in it, so that must be it!

It's 名古屋弁!

And, for what it's worth, I do have a friend from Nagoya. I used to joke with her にゃごやへいこうみゃ！

[masaegu]

Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

I can't remember where MMM lives.

And Nagoya has a couple million people living in it, so that must be it!

It's 名古屋弁!

And, for what it's worth, I do have a friend from Nagoya. I used to joke with her にゃごやへいこうみゃ！

I believe MMM lives in your country rather than mine. And nope, it has nothing to do with 名古屋弁 or any other dialects.

I'm not gonna stay up all night giving hints!

Final Hint (What am i doing? ): Certain industries.

[SHAD0W]

I heard that おはようございます　can be used as "Good Morning" but also when you meet an aquaintence for the first time during that particular day.

[Maxful]

F&B (Food and Beverage)

[masaegu]

Answer time!

Thanks everyone for your responses!

It is a greeting traditionally used predominantly in the following industries regardless of the time of the day.
1. Restaurant/Bar Business
2. Show Business

It is also used in the same way in some other, if not all other, non-office types of businesses such as supermarkets, convenience stores and other businesses that tend to be open late into the night.

Even though it is true that the majority of the population use the phrase only in the morning, there is no word "morning" in the phrase 「おはようございます。」 to begin with. So it may just be only natura that it is used differently than the English phrase "Good morning!"

[masaegu]

Originally Posted by SHAD0W

I heard that おはようございます　can be used as "Good Morning" but also when you meet an aquaintence for the first time during that particular day.

When that is done outside of the industries I mentioned above, it is usually a joke.

[siokan]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

I removed Siokan`s answer to follow the request that native speakers and people with higher Japanese levels not answer for a bit.

あいやー
Sorry, I was not neatly reading the problem. (´・ω・`)

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[RealJames]

Originally Posted by siokan

あいやー
Sorry, I was not neatly reading the problem. (´・ω・`)

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