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    3. 身振り

    身振り

    身み振ぶり​

    gesture

    N1KMT10News #40+1CoreNounDaily LifeKanji Vocab19 strokes

    身ぶり身振

    みぶり

    Noun

    1.
    gesture, gesticulation, motion

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは身み振ぶりで道みちを教おしえてくれた。

    He showed me the way with gestures.

    KMT8Daily Life
    プレゼンテーションでは、効こう果か的てきな身み振ぶりが聴ちょう衆しゅうの注ちゅう意いを引ひく。

    In a presentation, effective gestures attract the audience's attention.

    KMT9Daily LifeWork & Career
    言こと葉ばが通つうじなくても、身み振ぶり手て振ぶりでコミュニケーションが取とれる。

    Even if words don't work, you can communicate with gestures.

    KMT10Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    彼かれの身み振ぶりには、言こと葉ば以い上じょうに強つよい感かん情じょうが込こめられていた。

    His gestures conveyed stronger emotions than words could.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    舞ぶ台たい役やく者しゃは、身み振ぶり一ひとつでキャラクターの感かん情じょうを表ひょう現げんする。

    Stage actors express a character's emotions with a single gesture.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    身
    み…(1)
    somebody・person・one's station in life
    Kanji
    振
    ふ.る・ふ.れる・ふ.るう…(2)
    shake・wave・wag・swing
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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