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    3. 初対面

    初対面

    初しょ対たい面めん

    first meeting

    KMT8News #21+1NounDaily LifeKanji Vocab23 strokes

    しょたいめんはつたいめん

    Noun

    1.
    first meeting, first interview with

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    初しょ対たい面めんの人ひとと話はなすのは緊きん張ちょうする。

    It's nerve-wracking to talk to someone for the first time.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    初しょ対たい面めんで、私わたしたちはすぐに意い気き投とう合ごうした。

    We hit it off immediately at our first meeting.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの初しょ対たい面めんの印いん象しょうは、とても真ま面じ目めな人ひとだった。

    His first impression was that he was a very serious person.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    初しょ対たい面めんでは、名めい刺し交こう換かんをするのが一いっ般ぱん的てきだ。

    It's common to exchange business cards at a first meeting.

    KMT8Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    初しょ対たい面めんの人ひとともスムーズに会かい話わできるスキルは重じゅう要ようだ。

    The skill of being able to converse smoothly with someone you've just met is important.

    KMT9Daily LifeEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    初
    はじ.め・はじ.めて・はつ・はつ-・うい-・-そ.める…(4)
    first time・beginning
    対
    あいて・こた.える・そろ.い・つれあ.い・なら.ぶ・むか.う…(3)
    vis-a-vis・opposite・even・equal・versus…(2)
    面
    おも・おもて・つら…(6)
    mask・face・features・surface
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