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Japanese word of the day · 8 October
初めましてはじめまして
hajimemashiteRōmaji
How do you do? / Nice to meet you.
初めまして。本日はお会いできて大変光栄です。
hajime mashite. honjitsu wa oai dekite taihenkouei desu.
How do you do? I am truly honored to meet you today.
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Earlier Japanese words
- お祭りはいつですか When is the festival?
- いらっしゃる to go / to come / to be (respectful)
- 受付はどこですか where is the reception?
- 二人です table for two
- 私は学生です As for me, I am a student. / I am a student.
- 切符を買いたいです I'd like to buy a ticket
- お会計お願いします I'd like to pay, please
- 来させる to make/let someone come
- くださる to give / to bestow (respectful)
- 〜てみる to try (doing something) / to see how it goes
- 閉める to close (something) [transitive]
- 行くと if/when (I) go (と conditional)
- で at / in / by / with / via
- 三人 three people
- 食べた ate / has eaten
- 行って go / going (te-form)
- ただいま I'm home
- 行かせる to make/let someone go
- なさる to do (respectful)
- 〜ておく to do (something) in advance / to leave (something) as is
- 開く to open / to be opened [intransitive]
- 行けば if (I) go (ば conditional)
- に to / at / in / for / by
- 二人 two people / a couple
- 食べます will eat / eat (polite)
- 飲んで drink / drinking (te-form)
- お大事に take care / get well
- こんばんは good evening
- 飲ませる to make/let someone drink
- おっしゃる to say / to state (respectful)
- 〜てしまう to finish doing / to end up (unintentionally or regrettably)
- 開ける to open (something) [transitive]
- 行ったら if/when (I) go (たら conditional)
- を direct object marker
- 一人 one person / alone
- 食べる to eat
- 食べて eat / eating (te-form)
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