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Why are Kombanwa and Konnichiwa both spelled (in hiragana) with a "ha" on the end and not a "wa"?
I have a question about Japanese. I noticed that both 'Kombanwa' and 'Konnichiwa' are spelled with 'ha' at the end instead of 'wa'. Why is that?
Ah, that's an interesting question. Actually, the 'ha' in 'Kombanwa' and 'Konnichiwa' are written in hiragana, which is a syllabic script used in Japanese. In hiragana, the character for 'wa' can also be used to represent the syllable 'ha', depending on the context in which it appears.