Good morning (add gozaimasu for polite)
お 早う（はよう） ございます ohayo gozaimasu （う u after yo)
afternoon
konnichiwa こんいちは (wa->ha)
です (desu)
Good evening
こん ばんわ (konbanwa)
goodbye (polite)
さようなら (sayonara but in romaji it's sayo-u-nara)
goodbye (casual)
じゃ また (ja mata)
see you tomorrow (casual)
また 明日 (あした） mata ashita
mina-san (everyone)
みなさん
みなさん こにちわ たなか はなこ です
mina-san konichiwa tanaka hanako desu
hello everyone, I'm Hanako Tanaka.
http://www.genkienglish.net/genkijapan/japanesegreetings.htm
"O ya su mi na sa i" is "good night", but only just before you go to bed, so it's mainly used in families. If you leave work late at night you'll have to say "shi tsu re i shi ma su" - "Sorry for being rude and going home before you all"!
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