Lesson 5, Japanese body Language and gestures.
Here is the gesture.
One more time.
Can you guess the meaning? Is it...
A) Raining
B) Ghost
C) Dog.
The correct answer is B) Ghost.
This gesture is supposed to resemble how a
ghost moves. When you go to a Japanese haunted
house, you will see a woman wearing a kimono
with no feet doing this gesture.
When doing this gesture, we often say...
 お化け (obake)
which means “ghost” and it might sound
more scary if you stretch out the syllables
like おーばーけー (ōbākē) おーーばーーけーー (ōbākē)
Do you feel scared?
Do you know the meaning of this gesture? Find out in the next lesson.
