japanese gesture& body language Today I introduce Japanese body language & gestures It may has the same meaning or opposite meaning or no meaning as your country. 1 Do you know what does this mean? This man is pointing his nose. In Japan,we point to our faces when talking about ours. I heard that some people （non Japanese people ）touch around theirs chests. How about your country?? I use at this situation. "Are you asking me" "Me too!" 2 Bowing This is probably the most famous action. It means respect ,welcome,appreciation,apology. Example you can see this at the shopping center, super market in Japan. salesperson bow to customer many times. If you give up your seat to someone Probably they bow to you. We also bow while we apologize. We are in the habit of bowing. So we often bow on the telephone even though nobody see us. 3 Nodding Nodding sometimes make misunderstanding. It means "Yes" But we also do this automatically that in order to show that l'm paying attention to the other person So when you are speaking about something,if l don't agree with you,l continue to nod until you finish speaking. After that the case l don't agree with you, l say that. Because we think it is rude to tell our opinion in the middle of story. 4 We sometimes cover our mouths with our hands. Do you know this situation we do that? Laughing & eating. Laughing with a mouth wide open isn't Japanese beauty. It's manners not to show in the my mouth