Japanese Body Language and Gestures 6

Learn how make a gesture for "Go away"

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Lesson 6, Understanding Japanese body Language and gestures. Do you know the meaning of this gesture? One more time. Can you guess the meaning? Is it A) Bye B) Go away C) No thank you. The correct answer is B) Go away. This gesture means go away and it’s usually used when someone’s angry at someone they are talking to. Now, some people use very strong Japanese expression when using this gesture. あっちいけ！ (Atchi ike!) This is super strong expressions that means get the heck out of here or other variations. There is another variation that is not as strong as もういい！ (Mō ii!) This expression means that’s enough. Do you know the meaning of this gesture? Find out in the next lesson.

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