pleased to make your acquaintance
A formal set phrase used when meeting someone for the first time, often in business or formal introductions, to politely ask the person to remember you. It is not used in casual conversation.
How do you do? I'm Tanaka. Pleased to make your acquaintance.
I would be grateful if you would remember me.
Standard kanji spelling for this formal greeting phrase.
Variant spelling using hiragana おき instead of kanji 置き; both are used.
Derived from the honorific prefix お, the noun 見知り (acquaintance), and the verb 置く (to put/place), literally meaning 'please place me in your acquaintance'. The phrase is a fixed formal greeting.