初めまして

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初
はじ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
始めまして

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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(はじ)めまして • (hajimemashite)

pleased to meet you; nice to meet you; how do you do
- 2003 August 31 [Dec 24 2001], Shimizu, Reiko, “秘密　THE TOP SECRET(トップ・シークレット)　1999(いっせんきゅうはち
  きゅうじゅうきゅう) [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”

Synonyms

(more formal) お初(はつ)にお目(め)にかかります (o-hatsu ni o-me ni kakarimasu)

Noun

初(はじ)めまして • (hajimemashite)

(colloquial) meeting and greeting for the first time

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