also: はつたいめん
first meeting; first encounter
Refers to meeting someone for the first time. Often used in the phrase 初対面の相手 (someone you are meeting for the first time).
I get nervous talking to someone I'm meeting for the first time.
彼とは今日が初対面です。
Today is the first time I've met him.
I met him for the first time last year at a party.
It's nerve-racking to talk to someone you're meeting for the first time.
We hit it off right at our first meeting.
My first impression of him was very good.