初めまして

Japanese
Kanji in this term
初
はじ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
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Pronunciation
  • Kun’yomi
    • (Tokyo) はじめま​して [hàjímémáꜜshìtè] (Nakadaka – [4])
    • IPA(key): [ha̠ʑime̞ma̠ɕi̥te̞]
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Phrase

初めまして (hiragana はじめまして, rōmaji hajimemashite)

  1. pleased to meet you; nice to meet you
    • 2003 August 31 [Dec 24 2001], Shimizu, Reiko, “秘密　THE TOP SECRETトップ・シークレット　1999 [THE TOP SECRET 1999]”, in 秘密　THE TOP SECRETトップ・シークレット [THE TOP SECRET], volume 1 (fiction), 12th edition, Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 12:
      はじめまして　「大統領閣下 (ミスタープレジデント)」
      Hajimemashite “Misutā Purejidento”
      I am glad to meet you, “Mr. President”
  2. how do you do
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