Is this always the case for words that end in して similar to how です is
pronounced "des"?
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Is the し in はじめまして pronounced as "shi" or as "sh"?
From what I hear, usually, the じ in はじめまして is included in the greeting. People
shorten the "shi" into sounding like "sh" is because it would be more
convenient in conversations. The same applies to "desu". If you are using
Romanization(changing Japanese symbols into English pronunciations), keep in
mind that in order to speak to the same dialect of a Japanese local, you
should shorten words like "desu" to sounding like "des" to make more
efficient.
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