はじめまして
はじめまして
hepburn hajimemashite
nice to meet you
Part of speech · expression
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- はじめまして、田中と申します。Pleased to meet you, I'm Tanaka.
- はじめまして、よろしくお願いします。Pleased to meet you. Thank you in advance.
Collocations
はじめまして (hajimemashite, "[meeting] for the first time")よろしくお願いします (yoroshiku onegaishimasu, "please treat me well")初めて (hajimete, the first time — adverb)申します (moushimasu, "I am called" — humble)名刺 (meishi, business card)
Mnemonic
はじめまして hajimemashite — the te-form of 始める (hajimeru, to begin) with the polite まして ending. Literal: "having begun [the meeting] for the first time". The standard package adds self-introduction and よろしくお願いします. Used in business card exchanges (名刺交換) as a ritual. Memorize the bundle "はじめまして, [Name]と申します, よろしくお願いします" to pass any Japanese first-meeting automatically. The word is the unit of cultural ritual.
Quick check
Standard package after "はじめまして"?