お久しぶりです。
Ohisashiburi desu.
Long time no see.
- Word for word
- “It has been a long time.”
- Politeness: Polite
- です/ます style. The safe default with strangers, shop staff and colleagues.
- When you would say it
- Meeting again after months or years.
- Worth knowing
- Casual form: 久しぶり！ Add ね or ですね to sound warm.