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| Hello dear listeners, time to test your language knowledge, body language that is. First, I will show you the gesture, next I will give you three choices and you guess the correct meaning. |
| Lesson 1, understanding Japanese body language and gestures. Ready? Here is the gesture. One more time. |
| Is the meaning A) Thank you B) I am sorry C) No way. |
| The answer is B, I am sorry. This gesture means I am sorry and also means please do me a favor. And it is usually used by women. ごめん！ (Gomen!) When doing this gesture, we often say ごめん！ (Gomen!) which means I am sorry or おねがい！ (Onegai!) often say おねがい！ (Onegai!) which means please. Do you know the meaning of this gesture? Find out in the next lesson. |
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HideMina-san, Welcome to our first Japanese body language video! Have you ever seen this gesture before?
Piyushさん
それは素晴らしいですね！ (Sore wa subarashii desu ne! "That's wonderful!") It's always interesting to see how different cultures can have similar gestures. If you have any more observations or questions, feel free to share. We're here to help!
ありがとうございます！
Ryoma
Team JapanesePod101.com
That was fun. It's the same gesture as we do in India.
こんにちは RESOL,
Thank you so much for your positive message! 😇❤️️
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
We wish you good luck with your language studies.
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レヴェンテ (Levente)
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good
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Thank you for your positive feedback!
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Cristiane (クリスチアネ)
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This is awesome! Can't wait to learn more!
Hi Dale Vinalon,
Thank you for your comment!
You can say;
Konnichiwa! Hajimemashite! Dale desu. Shusshin wa Firipin desu.
We are glad to hear that out lesson solved your question?
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Miki(美希)
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Hiroko-san, konnicha! Hajimemashite! Daledesu. Jyusshun wa Firipin desu. Is my grammar okay? hehe Just wanna make sure if I got it right. Anyway, man, at first I thought it would be thank you because I noticed that after eating a meal, people do that same gesture and say gochisousamadeshita hehe. But thanks for this lesson. It's really great.
jon san,
konnichiwa.:smile:
Hiroko sensei wanted to tell learners that women tend to use polite words.
However, men can also use those expressions to anyone.
Being polite is better than being rude.
However, if you have very close Japanese friends, you can use ‘tanomu’ which is the same as ‘onegai.’
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com
to Hiroko,
hope you are well,
I have a question concerning this lesson. you said it was used by women.
I am a male trying to learn this. so my question is what would a male do, to say sorry or please?
Thank you for your help in this matter
Jon
Jarrett san, John san,
Konnichiwa.
Thank you for positive your comments.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us.:smile:
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com
Yes! It's the videos like this one that are really awesome. This site has so many neat videos on useful everyday tips you may not get any place else!:thumbsup:
Thank you sooooo much i Love you guys
Jenni san,
Konnichiwa.:smile:
I see but you know now.
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Yuki 由紀
:sob::sob::sob::sob: I didnt know that!!!!
oscartv san,
konnichiwa.
Was it fun?
Good! :smile:
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com
ハハハ:smile::smile::すみません:disappointed:
oscartvさん、
こんにちは。
どういたしまして。
「直しをどうもありがとうございます」ですね。:wink:
Yuki由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com
由紀さん！
お直すどうもありがとうぞざいました！:smile:
oscartvさん、
こんにちは。:smile:
面白くて役に立つレッスンでよかったです。
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com