- menshiki acquaintance
Use 面識 in formal or polite contexts to mean having met someone, often in phrases like 面識がある or 面識がない.
彼とは一度だけ面識があります。
Kare to wa ichido dake menshiki ga arimasu.
I have met him only once.
その政治家に面識はありません。
Sono seijika ni menshiki wa arimasen.
I have no acquaintance with that politician.
⚖️ Not to be confused with 知り合い, which can mean a friend or contact, while 面識 only means having met.
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