はじめまして。
Hajimemashite.
Nice to meet you.
- Word for word
- “We begin (our acquaintance).”
- Politeness: Polite
- です/ます style. The safe default with strangers, shop staff and colleagues.
- When you would say it
- The first words when you meet someone for the first time, before your name.
- Worth knowing
- Said once, at the first meeting only.