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HandSigns
Generallylistedinorderoffrequency,handsignsareverycircumstantial.Menusethemmorethanwomen,thoughthiswilldependonwhoiswatching.Asaforeignmale,studentsgenerallyfeelfreerusinghandlanguagewithme,than,forexample,withmywifewhoisJapaneseandcommandsmoreauthorityandthusmorerespectfulformality.Also,asIwishtobeawareofthefeelingsandopinionsofmystudents,Iofteninterceptmessagesnotmeantformyeyes.
1.‘Comehere’(Chotto...oide)
Usedwhencallingsomeonetowardsyou,thisgestureresemblesaWestern-stylegood-bye,oftenconfusingforeigners.Withasomewhatlimpwrist,flapfourfingersinthedirectionofthepersonyouwanttoattract.Generallynotrecommendedforsuperiors,itisstillconsideredpreferabletoyelling.
2.‘Good-bye’
(oftenaccompaniedwiththeEnglishloan-word"bye-bye")Fingersfullyextended,thehandmovedleftandrightrapidly.ComparewiththeJapanese‘Comehere’#1.
3.No
Wavingthehand,thumbtowardstheface,backandforthasiffanninginshortstrokes,meansno,notme,ornothankyou,dependingonthesituation.UsedagreatdealbystudentswhodonotknowtheappropriateEnglishexpression,ortoavoidbeingembarrassedabouttheirinabilitytospeakEnglish.Themoreemphaticthewavethemoreemphaticthe‘No’.
4.‘Excuseme’(Sumimasen)
Usedwhencuttingbetweentwopeople,orasageneralapology.DerivedfromaBuddhistsignforblessing,similartothetwo-handedsalutationusedinSoutheastAsiabutwithonlyonehand.Handflat,thumbnearthenose,headandbackslightlybent,eyesaverteddownward.
5.WritingKanji(ChineseCharacters)
Aformofthinkingoutloud,orspellingoutamessage,Japaneseoftenwritewiththeirfinger,ontothepalmoftheirhand,ontheirthighwhensitting,orintotheair.Byvisualizingthecharacterithelpstodistinguishwhichcharacterfromseveralwiththesamepronunciation.
6.Peace/VictorySign
CanonrareoccasionshavethemeaningofPeace,asin‘Ididn'tmeantomakeyouangry’,yetmostcommonlyusedasaplayfulgesturewhenposingforsnapshots.Alsocommonlyusedasasymbolofsuccess,asinthesuccessfulcompletionofadifficultquestion.Primarilyusedbystudentswhenclowningforfriends,thisissometimesusedasagreetingtoforeigners.
7.Jan-Ken(Choosing)
Thisisthefirsthandgamelearnedbychildren.Thisimportantgameisusedoftenbystudentstochoosesomeonefromagroupoftwoormore,aswhendeterminingwhogoesfirstorwhogetsthelastpieceofcandy.
Playersshout"Jankenpon!"andsimultaneouslyformtheirhandsintooneofthreepossibleshapes.Guastone,Chokiscissors,orPapaper.
Astonedefeatsscissors,becausescissorscannotcutastone.Paperdefeatsastone,becausepapercanwrapastone.Scissorsdefeatpaper,becausescissorscancutpaper.
8.Counting
OppositetothatoftheWest,whencountingstartwiththefingersextended,andthenfoldfingersintoafist,startingwiththethumbandfinishingwiththelittlefinger.Usingthesamehandfoldedinafistraisethelittlefingerforsix,andcontinueuntilanopenhandagain.
Adjustingtothissystemquicklycanpreventmisunderstandingsduringgameplaying,remember,forexample,theJapanesesignfor‘two’reads‘three’totheWesterneye.
9.Indicatingnumbers
Withaclosedfist,raisetheindexfingerforone,middleandindexfortwo,etc.usingthethumblast.
10."Somethingsmells"(Kusai!)
VerysimilartotheWest,thesecanbeusedquiteinnocently,ortobeinsulting.Describesallbadsmellsincludingbadbreathandbodyodor,butnotintheAmericansenseof"Thatmoviestunk!"(Thatmoviewasbad).Donebypinchingthenosewiththeindexfingerandthumb,And/orbywavingthehand,asiffanningawayabadsmell,infrontoftheface.
IhavefoundthatJapanesestudentsaregenerallysensitivetosmells.AttimesItoohavebeentemptedtousethegesture,butdonot,forinJapancleanlinessisnexttoGodliness,andaccusingsomeoneofsmelling,justifiedornot,canbeagraveinsult.
11.Oni(goblin)
Indicatesanangryperson.BothIndexfingersextendupwardandslightlyforward,oneithersideoftheheadlikehorns,usuallytheheadistiltedslightlyforward.Wigglethefingersforemphasis.Oftenusedbystudentswhentalkingabouttheirparents,I'veseenoneclassuseittowarnthenextclassofmybadmood.
12."Let'sgoeat."
Indexandmiddlefingerextendedinfrontofmouthtoresemblechopsticks,asifshovelingfoodfromtheotherhand,whichiscuppedlikeabowl.Studentshaveusedthistoremindmetobreakforlunch.
13.LayingitonThick
Ahandgestureofgrindingasifwithamortarandpestle,isusedtodescribesomeoneexaggeratingorcomplimentinginordertoseekfavor.
14.Money
Fingersintheshapeofacoin.SimilartoanOKsignwithanaccentontheroundness.Traditionallydiscussingmoneywasconsideredvulgar.Samuraiseldomtouchedmoney.Sothissign,thoughcommonamongmales,isnotencouraged.
15.Pa!(Coo-Coo!,Crazy!)
Placeafistalongsidetheheadandopenitquickly,suggestssomeoneisstupidorcrazy.Usedbothinfunorincriticism,asintheWest.
16.Tengu(Long-nosedgoblin)
Describesaconceitedbraggart.Aclenchedfistheldinfrontoftheface,suggestingalongnose,likethegoblinTengu.
17.ClashingSwords
Peoplearequarreling,canbeindicatedbyhittingtheindexfingerstogetherasifinaswordfight.
18.Let'sgoforadrink/Wewentdrinking
Imitatesasakecuptippedfordrinking.Fingers,asifholdingasmallsakecup,tiltedtowardsthemouthaswhendrinking.
Thoughoriginallyusedbybusinessmen,collegestudentsusethiswhentalkingabouttheirdrinkingescapades.Morerecently,chuggingabeerglasssymbolicallyhasreplacedthetraditionalsakecup.
19.Sushi
Resembleshowsushichefspreparesushiandisusedwhentalkingaboutsushi.Indexandmiddlefingerofonehandslappedintothepalmoftheother.Assushiisaspecialkindofmealthismeansonlysushiandnotforeatinggenerally(see#12foreatingingeneral).
20.Promise
Tomakeasolemnpromiselocklittlefingerswithsomeone.ThoughabitchildishIhaveactuallyseenthePrimeMinisterofJapanuseittoaccentapoint.
21.FatherFigure
Thethumbraisedcanmeanfather,theboss,orasuperior.
22.Woman
Raisedlittlefinger,canbesomewhatvulgarwhensuggestingamarriedman'slover.ItisoftenusedrecentlyinhumorousTVcommercialsandsonowinclassroomhumor.Suggestsawomanisinvolvedinsomeway.
23.Tosteal
Traditionallyusedamongthievestosuggeststealingorwhentalkingaboutathief.Ihaveseenthisusedamongmalecollegestudents,inbothseriousnessindiscussingalossorinhumor.Hooktheindexfinger.Studentshaveusedthiswithanodtosuggestawrongdoing,withoutactuallymentioninganynames.
24.Pregnancy
Asubtlesignforpregnancyisvomiting,usedprimarilyintheaterandonTV,thoughIhaveseenstudentsusethiswhenteasingeachother.
Amoredirecthandsignistomovethehand
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