LEARN + JAPANESE / 1 of 186 JLPT N5
Hello, I'm... こんにちは・はじめまして・です
You have just met a classmate. Start with はじめまして, say your name, and finish with よろしくお願いします. These are useful complete phrases even before you know every part of their grammar.
Your first exchange
Hello.
Nice to meet you. I'm Anna.
I look forward to getting to know you.
In Real Life
よろしくお願いします has no single English equivalent. After an introduction it closes the exchange warmly; in other settings it can ask for someone’s cooperation. Learn the whole phrase first.
Say something about yourself
Put the topic first, mark it with は, and finish a polite noun statement with です. The particle は is written with the character for ha but pronounced wa here.
I'm a student.
Tanaka is a teacher.
Add か at the end to ask a polite yes-or-no question. In conversation, once the person is clear, you can leave the topic out.
Are you a student?
Hint · 힌트
です identifies or describes with a noun here; it does not mean “there is.” The next lesson uses ある and いる for things and people that exist or are somewhere.
Greetings change with the moment
Good morning. (polite)
Good evening.
See you tomorrow.
Hint · 힌트
さようなら is a goodbye, but it can sound more final than a casual “see you.” またね or また明日 often fits everyday partings better.
Vocabulary
| Japanese | English |
|---|---|
| hello; good afternoon | |
| nice to meet you (first meeting) | |
| please treat me well; pleased to meet you | |
| I; me | |
| you | |
| name | |
| student | |
| teacher | |
| friend | |
| person | |
| yes | |
| no | |
| polite sentence ending with a noun | |
| topic particle | |
| question particle | |
| good morning (polite) | |
| good evening | |
| see you (casual) | |
| see you tomorrow | |
| goodbye |
TRY IT YOURSELF
Quick check
You have just met someone. Which introduction is a natural polite choice?
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