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What do you say in Japanese when you first meet someone, like 'Nice to meet you'?

Hajimemashite. Yoroshiku onegai-shimasu. (はじめまして。よろしくお願いします。)

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  1. Tadaima. Okaerinasai. (ただいま。おかえりなさい。)
  2. Hajimemashite. Yoroshiku onegai-shimasu. (はじめまして。よろしくお願いします。) ✔
  3. Itadakimasu. Gochisoosama deshita. (いただきます。ごちそうさまでした。)

Why: Hajimemashite is what you say the first time you meet. Yoroshiku onegai-shimasu asks for a good relationship going forward. The wrong choices are for coming home and for meals.

Huh, didn't know that: Tam says it to her landlady, a robot named Haru-san, in NHK lesson 2.

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I said hajimemashite to my reflection in Tokyo. We have been inseparable since.
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Answer: Hajimemashite. Yoroshiku onegai-shimasu. (はじめまして。よろしくお願いします。). Hajimemashite is what you say the first time you meet. Yoroshiku onegai-shimasu asks for a good relationship going forward. The wrong choices are for coming home and for meals.

  1. NHK WORLD-JAPAN Easy Japanese, Lesson 2 www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/lesson/en/lessons/02.html
    Hajimemashite. Hello. ... Yoroshiku onegai-shimasu. Nice to meet you.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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