Self introduction: Work and study

🇯🇵 [はじめまして。] is the standard first-time greeting when meeting someone new, often right before your name or job. You normally say it only once at the start, not every time you see that person later.

💬 [です] makes a statement polite, and it often comes after a noun: [学生です] = "I'm a student," [田中です] = "I'm Tanaka." In casual speech, people often drop it: [田中。] or [学生だ。] depending on the situation.

💬 In Japanese, you can say just [名前 です] for "I'm [name]" — no separate word for "I" is needed if it's already clear. The same pattern works with jobs too: [会社員です] = "I'm an office worker."

💬 [は] here is the topic marker, and it's said (wa), not (ha). It sets up what you're talking about: [わたしは学生です] = "As for me, I'm a student."

🇯🇵 Japanese often leaves out [わたし] when the subject is obvious, especially in self-introductions. Saying it is fine, but repeating [わたしは] in every sentence can sound stiff or unnatural.

💬 [は] is written with the [は] kana but pronounced (wa) when it marks the topic. You'll see this all the time in patterns like [わたしは] and [しごとは].

💬 Japanese often uses the pattern [X は Y です] for introductions: [わたしはさきです], [わたしは田中です]. In real conversation, [わたしは] is often dropped if it's obvious: just [さきです。]