What is another way to say "How are you?" in Japanese?
I realize that "Ogenki desuka?" literally translates into "Are you healthy?" and that must be odd to ask everyday, I'm sure. So what are other alternative ways to ask this?

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You don't need to ask "how are you" everyday like in standard english, a normal greeting (ohayou, konbanwa, etc) would be just fine.

But other ways to say this would be:

-"Genki desu ka" or just "genki" if you want to be more informal.

-"Choushi wa dou desu ka" or just "choushi wa dou". The first one is more polite and the second one is informal, casual (I hear that more often)

-"Gokigen ikaga desu ka". This is used with someone with a higher status than you.

-"Saikin dou desu ka" or just "saiking dou". Works the same as I said with "choushi" greeting, but the difference is that "saikin dou" would mean something like "hey, what's new with you?".

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