"お初にお目にかかります" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

IPA: [o̞ha̠t͡sɨ ɲ̟i o̞me̞ ɲ̟i ka̠ka̠ɾʲima̠sɨ̥] Forms: お初にお目にかかります [canonical] (ruby: (はつ), ()), o-hatsu ni o-me ni kakarimasu [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|phrase|お-はつ に お-め に かかります}} お初(はつ)にお目(め)にかかります • (o-hatsu ni o-me ni kakarimasu)
  1. (very formal) pleased to meet you Tags: formal Related terms: 目にかかる (me ni kakaru) (ruby: ()), 初めまして (hajimemashite) (ruby: (はじ))
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "お初にお目にかかります",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "初",
          "はつ"
        ],
        [
          "目",
          "め"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o-hatsu ni o-me ni kakarimasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phrase",
        "2": "お-はつ に お-め に かかります"
      },
      "expansion": "お初(はつ)にお目(め)にかかります • (o-hatsu ni o-me ni kakarimasu)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese phrasebook",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pleased to meet you"
      ],
      "id": "en-お初にお目にかかります-ja-phrase-NXPBWz8o",
      "links": [
        [
          "pleased to meet you",
          "pleased to meet you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(very formal) pleased to meet you"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "me ni kakaru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "目",
              "め"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "目にかかる"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hajimemashite",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "初",
              "はじ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "初めまして"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おはつにおめにかかります"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ha̠t͡sɨ ɲ̟i o̞me̞ ɲ̟i ka̠ka̠ɾʲima̠sɨ̥]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "お初にお目にかかります"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "お初にお目にかかります",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "初",
          "はつ"
        ],
        [
          "目",
          "め"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o-hatsu ni o-me ni kakarimasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phrase",
        "2": "お-はつ に お-め に かかります"
      },
      "expansion": "お初(はつ)にお目(め)にかかります • (o-hatsu ni o-me ni kakarimasu)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "me ni kakaru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "目",
          "め"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "目にかかる"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hajimemashite",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "初",
          "はじ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "初めまして"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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        "Japanese formal terms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese phrasebook",
        "Japanese phrases",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pleased to meet you"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pleased to meet you",
          "pleased to meet you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(very formal) pleased to meet you"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おはつにおめにかかります"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ha̠t͡sɨ ɲ̟i o̞me̞ ɲ̟i ka̠ka̠ɾʲima̠sɨ̥]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "お初にお目にかかります"
}

Download raw JSONL data for お初にお目にかかります meaning in Japanese (1.5kB)

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