初対面 (shotaimen) Japanese meaning: first meeting | KotomoraI get nervous talking to someone I'm meeting for the first time.
Today is the first time I've met him.
Usage patterns
〈人〉と初対面するto meet someone for the first time
I met him for the first time last year at a party.
初対面の〈人〉someone you are meeting for the first time
It's nerve-racking to talk to someone you're meeting for the first time.
初対面で〈事〉at the first meeting, (something happens)
We hit it off right at our first meeting.
初対面の印象one's first impression (of someone)
My first impression of him was very good.
