Making friends at the club: Talking about the music
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Key Phrases
はじめまして。
hajime mashi te
Nice to meet you.
このビートが好き。
kono biito ga suki
I like this beat.
友だちになろう。
tomodachi ni narou
Let’s be friends.
Skills You'll Learn
Introduce yourself politely using はじめまして and ～です.
「はじめまして」や「～です」で丁寧に自己紹介ができる。
hajime mashi te ya desu de teinei ni jiko shoukai ga dekiru
Say what you like and mark the subject with が (e.g., このビートが好き).
「～が好き」で好みを言い、「が」で主語を示せる。
ga suki de konomi o ii ga de shugo o shimeseru
Make friendly invitations/suggestions using volitional forms (聞こう／なろう) and いっしょに.
意志形（聞こう／なろう）と「いっしょに」で誘い・提案ができる。
ishi kei to issho ni de sasoi teian ga dekiru
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at a club in Japan and you’ve just met someone new. The music is playing, you talk about how good the beat feels, wonder who the song is by, and then suggest listening together sometime—ending with becoming friends.
はじめまして。 Emily です。
hajime mashi te ^FIRST^ desu
Nice to meet you. I'm Emily.
はじめまして。ゆきです。
hajime mashi te yuki desu
Nice to meet you. I'm Yuki.
このクラブ、音楽いいね。
kono kurabu ongaku ii ne
The music at this club is great.
うん、気持ちいいね。好き？
un kimochi ii ne suki
Yeah, it feels good. Do you like it?
うん。特にこのビートが好き。
un tokuni kono biito ga suki
Yeah. I especially like this beat.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
はじめ
hajime
Beginning / first
まして
mashite
(polite set phrase part; used in greetings like はじめまして)
💬 [はじめまして] is a fixed greeting, and [まして] mostly shows up inside set polite expressions like this rather than as a standalone word you'll build with yourself.
See breakdown →はじめまして。
hajime mashi te
Nice to meet you.
🇯🇵 [はじめまして。] is the standard first-time greeting when meeting someone. In a club it can sound a bit neat or polite, but it's still natural if you're introducing yourself.
See breakdown →です
desu
To be (polite) / am, is, are
💬 [です] makes a statement polite, as in [学生です。] or [ゆきです。] Japanese often drops [I am] completely, so just a name + [です] can mean "I'm …".
See breakdown →Emily Smith です。
^FIRST^ ^LAST^ desu
I'm Emily Smith.
💬 Japanese often says just a name + [です。] for "I'm …," without a word for "I." You can swap in almost any name: [田中です。]
See breakdown →ゆき
yuki
Yuki (name)
ゆきです。
yuki desu
I'm Yuki.
この
kono
This (before a noun)
💬 [この] must come before a noun: [このクラブ], [この曲], [この人]. If you want "this" by itself, use [これ] instead.
See breakdown →クラブ
kurabu
Club (music club / nightclub)
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