Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Gestures are all around us. We make many gestures every day. So many gestures do we make that we are often unaware that we’re making them. They’ve become second nature to us. Just the same for the folk in Japan. Japanese use many gestures, but they’re not the same ones we use. Do you know that some Japanese gestures are thousands of years old? Of course, they may not mean the same thing as they did a thousand years ago. That gesture meaning, “Your donkey is sitting in my cabbage patch making bad smells,” probably isn’t used any more. Learning the gestures of Japanese culture is even more fun than learning the language itself.
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese lesson teaches you one of the everyday gestures used in Japan. You will learn how to say and gesture, “No way,” or “Never happen.” Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!
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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Shrug your shoulders, clap your hands, touch your nose, even tap your foot. In America, you know what each of these gestures mean. But are they universal? Do they mean the same thing in Japan or to Japanese? You might be surprised. Gestures in Japan sometimes translate to English, but watch out. Sometimes they don’t, and the most innocuous gesture here could mean big trouble there.
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese lesson is all about gestures. You’ll learn the complex language the Japanese use when expressing themselves simultaneously in words and in gestures. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!
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