Which is correct: こんばんわ or こんばんは?


I've seen both こんばんわ and こんばんは used; which is correct here? If we interpret
the は as the topic particle, は would seem correct, but it seems that わ is used
quite frequently anyway...




[こんばんは](http://gogen-allguide.com/ko/konbanwa.html) is correct, according to
that page in Japanese.

My gut feeling is the same - 今晩は -> こんばんは.

That said, a cursory Google of こんばんは yielded 13M hits, whereas こんばんわ yielded
26M.




こんばんは is correct. The former is mostly a stylistic/emphatic usage.

