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A ginger tabby cat bows and offers a giant bowl of mashed potatoes to a new neighbour cat at a doorway.

Japanese word

はじめまして

hajimemashitesay hah-jee-meh-MAHSH-teh

nice to meet you

How to remember it

Meeting her new neighbour for the first time, Pixa bows and offers a HUGE MASH of potatoes: nice to meet you!

はじめまして sounds like huge mash.

Example

はじめまして、ジョンです。

Nice to meet you, I'm John.

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