Essential Japanese Body Language for You

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Body Language is an essential part of Japanese conversation. If you master it, then you can be really really fluent.

But what is it called?

Let's try a Japanese quiz!

nodding-in-Japanese

 

日本人はよく会話の途中で、相手の言葉に対して(   )を打ちます。

Japanese people often use "physical reactions, like nodding" to each other in the middle of a conversation.

 

◆ Vocabulary Hint

会話(かいわ) conversation

途中(とちゅう) in the middle of

 

Choose the correct word to fit into the missing space (    ).

Select the answer from choices 1~ 4 below.

① 相槌(あいづち)
② 芝居(しばい)
③ 手(て)
④ 首(くび)

答えは・・・The answer is・・・

yajirushi

yajirushi

 

① 相槌(あいづち)

 

◆ Today's expression

相槌(あいづち)を打つ
To give responses

 

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