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ジェスチャー (jesuchaa) Japanese meaning: gesture | Kotomora

ジェスチャー

also: ジェスチャ · ゼスチャー

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Refers to bodily movements, especially hand and arm motions, used to convey meaning or emotion. Often used in the phrase ジェスチャーをする.

彼かれは言こと葉ばが通つうじないので、ジェスチャーで伝つたえた。

Since he couldn't communicate verbally, he conveyed it through gestures.

プレゼンでは、ジェスチャーを交まじえて話はなすと効こう果か的てきだ。

In presentations, speaking with gestures is effective.

2

charades (game)

Refers to the party game where players act out a word or phrase without speaking. Often used in the compound ジェスチャーゲーム.

See also: ジェスチャーゲーム

パーティーでジェスチャーゲームをして盛もり上あがった。
We had a great time playing charades at the party.

Usage patterns

ジェスチャーをするto make a gesture
彼かれは言こと葉ばが通つうじないので、ジェスチャーをして意い味みを伝つたえた。
Since he couldn't communicate with words, he used gestures to convey his meaning.
〈事こと〉をジェスチャーで伝つたえるto convey something through gestures
彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの気き持もちをジェスチャーで伝つたえた。
She conveyed her feelings through gestures.
大おおきなジェスチャーa big, exaggerated gesture
彼かれは大おおきなジェスチャーで驚おどろきを表あらわした。
He expressed his surprise with a big gesture.
ジェスチャーで〈動どう詞し〉to (do something) using gestures
彼かれはジェスチャーで説せつ明めいした。
He explained it using gestures.

Related words

身み振ぶりN1sense 1
身振り is the native Japanese word for gesture or bodily movement, while ジェスチャー is a modern loanword with a slightly more international or theatrical feel.
手て振ぶりN1sense 1
手振り refers specifically to hand movements, whereas ジェスチャー can cover the whole body's motion.
身み振ぶり手て振ぶりN1
ジェスチャー is a loanword typically used for a single, deliberate gesture, while 身振り手振り emphasizes the overall act of communicating with body and hand movements.
パフォーマンス
ジェスチャー is a physical gesture or motion, while パフォーマンス in its negative sense refers to a whole showy act done to impress or deceive.

Counted with

回かいN4
counter for occurrences; times · time; instance; occasion · inning (baseball); round; game · episode; chapter; installment · Hui (people) · Islam

Word family

ジェスチャーゲーム
charades; gesture game

Written forms

ジェスチャーUsage91%
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'gesture'.
ゼスチャーUsage9%
Rare variant with voiced initial consonant; may appear in older texts or as a non-standard spelling.
ジェスチャ
Variant without the long vowel mark; commonly seen in informal writing.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'gesture'. The variant ゼスチャー reflects an older or non-standard pronunciation.