Meaning

Primary

Gesture

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Somebody shakes something at you. It was a finger, it seems. What a weird little gesture.

Reading

みぶり
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is and 振る put together, where the 振り gets rendaku'd to ぶり.

Context

Context Sentences

日本人の人たちと、身振り手振りで何とかコミュニケーションをとることができた。

I managed to communicate to Japanese people with gestures.

Kanji Composition