expression, godan verb (-bu)
form hand gestures; make symbolic signs with the fingers
Refers to forming specific hand gestures, often in religious or esoteric Buddhist contexts (mudras), but can also apply to other symbolic finger signs.
僧侶が印を結びながら経を唱えた。
The monk chanted sutras while forming hand gestures.
忍者は九字を切り、印を
The ninja made the nine-syllable slashes and formed hand signs.