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My JLPT practise book has these two sentences to help explain the difference
between `お目{め}にか` **`け`**`る` and `お目{め}にか` **`か`**`る` in a context of
[keigo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorific_speech_in_Japanese).

> それでは新製品{しんせいひん}お目{め}にかけましょう。
>
> 鈴木{すずき}さんという人{ひと}に初{はじ}めてお目{め}にかかりました。

Unfortunately, the brief explanation they give about these sentences is not
quite enough for me to be sure I've got it.

I think the first case, `お目{め}にかける` is when you're asking someone else to look
at something. "Please look at **_X_**."

And I think the second case of `お目{め}にかかる`is when you're doing the looking. "I
saw **_X_**."

I often get these kinds of differences mixed up. Can someone either confirm
I'm right, tell me if and where I'm wrong, or enlighten me if there is some
other nuance I should be aware of?
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grammar word-choice jlpt keigo
What is the difference in these two keigo terms?
The first is used when you're having someone take a look at something. In this
case I think it's safe to assume it means, "let's show [them] the new
products."

Source (Weblio)--> 目にかける (2)（「お目にかける」の形で）見せる。見ていただく。

The second is the Keigolicious way to say 会う. More specifically, 会うing with a
person well above your status. In the Japanese version of "7 Years in Tibet,"
people use this when they meet the Dalai Lama.

Source (Brad Pitt)--> "お目にかかれて光栄です、猊下。" >> It's an honor to meet you, oh holy
lord of holiness.

It seems like every JLPT practice book has like 800 sentences about 新製品. It's
really irritating. Just be careful... your furigana says "しんさくひん," but your
Kanji reads "シンセイヒン."
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